(13 Feb 2017, 8:57 am)eezypeazy wrote Erm, yes. Back in 1982, ALL bus fares in Tyne and Wear were increased by THIRTY per cent by local politicians after a two year freeze. (see Route One magazine, 2 October 2013). That was when local buses were run by the politically-controlled PTE (as Nexus was then) through the erstwhile Tyne and Wear County Council.
It rather makes your six per cent in two years sound very reasonable, doesn't it?
And what was general inflation - never mind wage increases - like in 1982? Interestingly enough, GMPTE started a fare freeze that same year, and only increased fares again just before De-reg.