(01 Jul 2017, 9:42 pm)Ambassador wrote The difference being of course that Stanley is a monopoly and they can charge whatever the hell they want. A downside of private ownership.
Buzzfare is a bit of a rip off as it's cynically designed to extract as much cash from you by clever zone placement.
At least GNE are embracing contactless...You'll be needing a bank card to travel with them soon!
Ah! Contactless, M Tickets etc etc, the great saviour of the bus industry in speeding up journey times. Which is why nearly three months after Stagecoach followed First in penalising people without Smartphones/Internet banking, a gentleman boarded the bus I was on on Friday (mid) morning, that was already running 12 minutes late, and asked the driver sensible (if badly timed) questions such as; do I need an internet bank account to buy and use an M Ticket?
Still the whole exercise did help to prove that integration can work. I had a 4 minute connection on paper in Stockport Bus Station, and hey, ho, it was exactly 4 minutes in practice. The fact that both buses were exactly 17 (seventeen) minutes late is totally irrelevant lol.