(11 Sep 2014, 5:37 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote And it would even better Value if that £1.70 was knocked off due to Marginally serving the Red Zone, I honestly wouldn't be that bothered if was say 30p, but £1.70 is just overly excessive in my opinion, clearly it has a massive effect on the Profits that the TTX makes also, no doubt there other Examples across the Region with other Services, here's hoping QCS is put in place Next Month.
Profits would be heavily dented, though. Why should the Tyne Tees Xpress services be excluded from the zonal structure?
In this example, that £1.70 allows you to travel an extra 32 miles (ie something that would cost more than £5.50 in a car). Are you suggesting that it would be feasible to allow the same, but for an extra 30p?
Was the Tyne Tees Xpress included within the Quality Contracts Scheme? As profits could (and likely would) go down in this scheme, who's to say that these companies wouldn't increase their fares on the services excluded from this scheme to help raise profits?
(11 Sep 2014, 5:39 pm)Jimmi wrote That's probably because the X1/X2 takes 50 minutes longer, how tight would you have to be to sit on that for that much longer.
Exactly - you pay for convenience, much like the train.
(11 Sep 2014, 5:43 pm)cbma06 wrote Im supporting the QCS, but even if their do say yes towards the scheme, then its still going to take a few years before it all starts off and the X9/X10 will be staying with GNE control and not be under the QCS.
Yes, a lot of legal battles will take place before the commencement of Quality Contracts, if it does go ahead.
Guess we'll be forking out an extra £1.70 for travelling into a third BuzzFare zone for a little while longer, eh?