(15 Jul 2014, 8:26 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote £25/30 petrol + £4 parking is still cheaper (and more practical) than the £37 it would cost me on the bus using the £25 family ticket AND a bog standard family ticket on top.
Tourists in their cars staying closer to the wall, will obviously incur an even smaller fuel cost (compared to the cheapest ticket and parking).
Honestly, the potential is massive with this one.
GNE have the buy in, audience and corporate backing that previous operators didn't have.
I don't know margins or anything like that on the service, but say GNE offered a £30 ad122 Day Rover+, which extended across the GNE patch. I reckon passenger numbers (and ticket sales) would go through the roof.
It is still a few quid more than a trip to the coast and I would love to see it closer to the £25 mark (twice the price of a normal family ticket), but it is more attractive.
Heck, villagers on the route could even apply for a special Key Card, reduced in price tickets - but restricted to residents within a certain postcode.
You never know what might happen in the future & again we agree (make notes please) on the potential - it's not massive, but there's a lot more that could be done with it with a bit of planning and forethought - there's lots of notes already and the list groweth !