(25 Mar 2016, 11:50 pm)GX03 SVC wrote 5th Ave Ashington, 7th Ave Ashington or whatever GNE calls it.
On the 434 its £1 between above stop to Ashington bus station and vice versa - whereas its £1.50 on the 19...
(19 Apr 2016, 3:56 pm)citaro5284 wrote And the fare from Bensham Jockey to Gateshead Interchange is ....?
(19 Apr 2016, 4:44 pm)park5354 wrote £1.50 NOT £1.30.
TVTE Fourth Avenue - Gateshead Metro is £1.50.
(25 May 2016, 4:08 pm)MVK 500R wrote £2.80 from Newcastle to Wallsend on the 1. Get the 22/40/12 and it's £2.35.
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(25 May 2016, 7:49 pm)ifm001 wrote The most ridiculous fare comparison has to be stagecoach X34 vs Go North East X36And the Stagecoach ticket allows unlimited travel within Tyne and Wear.
Boldon Asda - Newcastle day ticket
X34 £3.95
X36 a whopping £6.30
Buzzfare zones need to be revised for sure.
(26 May 2016, 4:05 pm)ifm001 wrote Yes but it just shows that the whole buzzfare range needs revised
Aperson living in South Shields travelling to Newcastle or Metrocentre needs 2 zones red and purple but a person living in North Shields needs just one zone, blue. There is no consistency at all with Buzzfare zones.
As other people have mentioned also. The stagecoach day rider is wholly Tyne and Wear and for just £3.95 so if SNE can do a Tyne and Wear ticket why can't GNE.
And don't get me started on Smartzone.
(26 May 2016, 4:05 pm)ifm001 wrote Yes but it just shows that the whole buzzfare range needs revised
Aperson living in South Shields travelling to Newcastle or Metrocentre needs 2 zones red and purple but a person living in North Shields needs just one zone, blue. There is no consistency at all with Buzzfare zones.
As other people have mentioned also. The stagecoach day rider is wholly Tyne and Wear and for just £3.95 so if SNE can do a Tyne and Wear ticket why can't GNE.
And don't get me started on Smartzone.
(26 May 2016, 7:08 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I don't think Stagecoach would get away with charging as much for the whole of Tyne and Wear as GNE given the limitations in where their buses go within the region. Their day rider would be pretty useless if you wanted to get to Washington, for example.
(26 May 2016, 8:40 pm)Andreos1 wrote Whilst there will be flaws in any zonal ticketing system, it begs the question as to why there are some on a section of route that is commuter central and susceptible to competition on a corridor, that has seen both the X3 and X36 fail or suffer gradual withdrawals - even with the onward connections offered by GNE at various points on their route.
In the same period, the X34 has grown. Despite the obvious limitations with onward connections in certain areas versus the GNE offer.
(26 May 2016, 8:42 pm)Tom wrote Is a single not £4.80 or something between Sunderland and Newcastle too? Strange that if they want to compete with the metro they are charging ridiculous prices and as people said they seem to be providing no competition for Stagecoach/the metro.
(01 Aug 2016, 6:24 pm)Tom wrote Not surprised at all to be honest.
(01 Aug 2016, 8:41 pm)Tamesider wrote Yes. Standard Free v Captive market policy of the private sector - of which Stagecoach are specialists. My 87 year old Mum can no longer use conventional buses due to Arthritis, but if she could and had to go to her GP before 0930, it would cost her £1.90 for the 0.7 mile journey - as it would all other adults, of course. However, if she/we lived in (relatively) well off Swinton, a 6 mile journey into Manchester would cost just £1.20. Reason; the GP s is on a low car ownership route on which Stagecoach have a monopoly on - albeit a heavily subsidised rail line abstracts passengers in the opposite direction, to Manchester. Swinton however, is the benficiary of a bus war with First resulting from the aquisition of Finglands ifrom EYMS in early 2014.