(03 Jan 2020, 8:12 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Where is the post on here about it? I can't find it! Hopefully it will be another improvement by GNE. I have no idea why they haven't implemented the idea of buying numbers of trips like Reading Buses does, and did under MG before he became MD at GNE. I think it makes sense, rather than consecutive days, for many weeks, months or all year - just a number of trips for days passengers want to actually use the bus. I regularly travel on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, so the current ticket offer does not adequately cater to my needs. I currently buy day tickets, or returns with GNE, Stagecoach and Stanley Travel. In Reading, I would be able to purchase blocks of trips, say 10, to go out Monday, Wednesday, Friday three weeks consecutively and  maybe a Thursday or a Saturday one week. The new 3-day ticket or whatever might help on a week I am out and travelling with GNE on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but a number of trips system would still be much better, and it works very well in Reading. Perhaps if GNE offered a 3 or 4 day ticket and the days could be any 3 or 4 days in the week that would be a good idea. I fully support the 24-hour ticket which helps with travelling on 2 consecutive days, and offers better value for passengers who travel later in the day. I think introducing the 24 hour ticket, which covers 2 consecutive days means a 3 or 4 day ticket being valid for travel on a 3 or 4 days in 7 in sensible. Peter Hogg offers a 10 journey ticket, which is sensible, and this could work on GNE, for days rather than journeys.

GNE is the best ever bus operator, great service, very smart and tidy buses with excellent features, and great value for money. The 74 has become very unreliable of late, having previously been very reliable, so it would be great if GNE could sort that out. It has been unreliable for a good few months now, I think since around September. 

I see the X85 has changed time on just one trip from Newcastle from 26th January, meaning an X85 and then X84 are just 10 minutes apart, strange idea. 

Hopefully GNE will introduce more services in the West End of Newcastle in the future - but I am proud of GNE not saturating the market and making the roads busy with too many buses. On the West Road they only have the X84 and X85 (plus the workers service 941), whereas Stagecoach has 7 services: 1, 10/11, 39/40, 685 and X82, plus the 38A and 991. When I travel from Denton Burn, a Stagecoach bus always comes first because they put too many buses on the road. I respect GNE running less buses, even though it means a longer wait. GNE is better value for money for my travel needs, so is worth the wait. I don't remember GNE operating through Denton Burn prior to services X84/X85 being introduced.