(05 Feb 2022, 8:06 am)Storx wrote I know it's reduced now but it's 'boundary tax'. Most routes that goes over the Tyne and Wear / Northumberland or Durham boundary jumps stupidly. It's the same up with Arriva aswell. I believe it's £1.90 from Newcastle to Gosforth Park, want to go to Seaton Burn Roundabout it's £3.80 for example.

I believe it's because of transfares as it effectively caps how much they can charge. Note the two jumps you mentioned there are the Z1/Z2 and Z2/Z3 boundaries aswell btw. Once you cross a boundary they go out the window so they just charge whatever.

https://www.nexus.org.uk/sites/default/f...202008.pdf

Lumley Castle have a similar sort of tax for the 71 too.
Yet GNE wonder why it always struggles

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(05 Feb 2022, 8:32 am)busmanT wrote but can they actually afford to cap the fares?
that gives many existing passengers an immediate fare reduction, but it takes a long while to attract new passengers.

Will the reduced fares income be sufficient to cover the cost of running the service? 
or will cheaper fares result in the loss of the service?

There's many a business built on lower fares or pricing that make huge profits.

I just wonder if it is too late for GNE. They could have done this prior to the pandemic, but chose not to. I'd argue that lower fares such as this are more effective than a table, WiFi and lick of paint - in attracting the elastic punters.

If you look at GNE's most popular routes and compare it to the fare structure in place prior to the pandemic, I reckon there will be some sort of correlation.
Ditto the fare structure and the least popular routes.