(02 Sep 2015, 10:21 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I'm sure the explorer is only valid on bus routes by companies that subscribe to it and not on rail lines beyond the Newcastle to Sunderland line, which tends to allow network day tickets and such for historical reasons, as much as anything (that bit of rail route has been slightly redundant since the Metro was extended to Sunderland)
This page confirms that, in fact
http://www.networkonetickets.co.uk/ticke...er-tickets
So, I can use my explorer on the arriva bus that connects my co Durham village with Durham and Sunderland. And connections to Darlo, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough etc as well as anywhere through Tyne and Wear and Further north. I can get on a connecting GNE bus with it. If I want to catch the scarlet band bus that passes through my village, between Hartlepool and Durham, it's not valid and I'd need to by a different ticket.
Think that page needs updating, the X60 hasn't ran since autumn 2011 and X61 finished at Easter 2012 and they weren't Moorsbus services. Also doesn't GNE now accept Explorer tickets on the Hadrian's Wall service AD122?
I may be wrong but I think Scarlet Band accept Explorer tickets on services supported by Durham County Council but I don't think they issue them on their buses. I am not 100% if this is the case or not.