(03 Sep 2021, 10:19 pm)Ambassador wrote Yep, Blyth and Ashington in the North Tyneside zone so max single journey is £1.70, £3.10 return

More expensive to get from Gateshead Civic Centre to Newcastle than from Ashington. Utterly obsence

See, when I first read your post, I thought it was the wine blurring things a bit.
I'm all for cheaper fares, but I'm struggling to get my head around that one.
Will come back in the morning to try and make more sense of it.