(26 May 2019, 7:23 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I remember the days when you could get from Winlaton to Newcastle for 5p. I also remember when the price rose by 100% to 10p then increased by 50% to 15p.
Eww what's happened with the format, here?
Anyhow, i remember when it was £1.10 from Low Fell into Newcastle, or about £2 return.
(26 May 2019, 11:21 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I wish we had ticket prices that low when I was younger! I had to settle for paying £1.10 for an all day ticket.
I was devastated when I turned 16 and lost use of my Pop Card, in fact I stopped travelling by bus for a good 2 or 3 years.
I now pay £110 a month, mostly because I travel between Bishop and Gateshead quite frequently, and because of the great way the GNE has their zones set up, I have to get a 3 zone ticket! At that price though it still works out cheaper than driving, sure it takes 2 hours instead of the half an hour it would take in the car, but I can work during those two hours and I don't have to deal with the hassle that is other road users!
Plus, there's nothing quite like having the whole upper deck to yourself for the whole journey on a warm summer night with all the windows open, that alone is worth the price! (until you get to certain part of the route *cough* Spennymoor *cough* and some drunk inevitably gets on, somehow manages to climb up the stairs and sits right behind you)
To be fair, that used to happen in the middle of the afternoon when i was transporting littlun to schoo on the ANE 6!
Littlun soon put off the ones who weren't too drunk, mind
