(18 Feb 2020, 9:45 pm)Storx wrote To be fair to Stagecoach most their tickets are reasonably priced and even with the increases aren't bad value. The day ticket in Newcastle is the same price as a single for certain journeys with GNE and Arriva from just just outside of T&W (the same distance as Ponteland where it's only £4.70 for a day). It's £4.60 for a single from Ouston to Gateshead for example.
I agree that compared to some, the prices are more attractive.
Could it be that there's more competition on the local SNE services (longer distance ANE and GNE ops and Metro as an example) or are they pricing their offer in such a way that it meets the financial demands of the markets they're serving?
Either way, I can't see the logic in their statement at all.
Using basic economics and following the demand curve principle, then passenger numbers will fall.
That's forgetting that any traffic they're blaming, could get worse.