(10 Aug 2023, 9:50 am)busmanT wrote And for the new BSIP multi modal tickets there is the problem of tickets issued from Metro machines not have QR codes and barriers not accepting QR code bus tickets.

On the Coast Road Arriva QR codes certainly scan of GNE buses.

This is what happens when everybody does their own thing, rather than having any level of joined up thinking. 

There should be nothing stopping the BSIP multi-modal tickets being issued via the POP Pay As You Go scheme, developed under NESTi? According to the press release years ago now, this is exactly what it is supposed to do: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/smart...north-east

Having the BSIP tickets setup as a day cap for the value of each ticket and zone, and if anything, it'd be a lot more flexible to those using them. As we've seen with the Metro, the card can either be physical or virtual.

The Coast Road QR scanning is relatively new, but as I commented in that thread, it should act as a proof of concept of a wider scheme being delivered. Network One tickets, incl. Day Rovers and Explorers don't scan on other operators services throughout the region, and as you point out, there's no facility to scan them on the Metro.