(27 Jan 2022, 7:09 pm)Dan wrote The last Arriva fares map that I saw a few years ago was hideously complex - it had zones within zones within zones, especially in Durham.

Quite frankly I’ve lost track of all the zones that Arriva have - but it’s bewildering that you seem to suggest you find their schemes simpler than what Go North East are rolling out with their new county tickets to replace the previous GoZone tickets.


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Yeah no arguments about Arriva Durham, it's a complete mess tbh. It was Northumbria only there. Personally think the triple ticket zones are simple and would love to see the whole region done similar with all operators coming together with one set of zones being honest. The website is badly done though mind. Durham is particularly bad with 3/4 different tickets I believe.

(27 Jan 2022, 7:12 pm)Adrian wrote How many different tickets can I buy here that cover various places in or across Northumberland and Tyne and Wear? https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/buy-tickets/...north-east

You're telling me there's only 5, yet I have a lot more options than that!

Tbh the website is abysmal can't really argue about that but imo it's more a website issue rather than the zones. Ideally it should work like the following:

Select Ticket Type -> Northumberland Triple Ticket -> How Many Zones (1/2/All) with a map showing zones -> 1 Zone, Select Zone / 2 Zone, Select Starting Zone, Select Second Zone / 3 Zone, Skip -> Purchase

Even better would be you select where your starting say Blyth then select your end destination say Morpeth and it just gives you the best ticket you need for that journey with other options around it but that's a different subject really.