(03 May 2023, 11:08 am)deanmachine wrote There's always going to be boundaries like this though. There'll always be someone missing out where you draw the line, the only way this could be resolved is by a national strategy so all buses have subsidised fares, like the £2 single, although I'm sure people on the Scottish borders will have similar troubles.
The team briefing for GNE mentions that the £1 fare for the X10 is only valid as far as Peterlee from Newcastle, good luck to their drivers trying to enforce that.
Aye agreed but I think for the North East all of it should be one. Once you merge them two together then there's not really many missing out. Only really Whitby, Richmond, Great Ayton and Stokesley.
It might not physically there but there always feel like there's an economic boundary between North Yorkshire / Co. Durham and Teesside.
Economically we're all the same really never mind just for buses. But transport wise stuff like the Durham Coast Line is where the attention is needed but it won't because it's cross area etc. Similar to the Middlesbrough to Bishop Auckland line.