(13 Jun 2022, 3:27 pm)Adrian wrote Looks like another round of fare increases underway: https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/...north-east

From what I can see, increases for a similar area were already made in April and January.

No justifiable reason why they're pushing these increases either. Particularly as there's no mention of the a number of routes operating on common sections, day tickets or duos on there.

There's only the X4 I use from that list with any regularity and it's been mainly explorer, duo or family tickets when using it. Can't remember the last time I needed a single or return.

However if the X4 is going up, but the X3/X3A isn't, then any one with an ounce of common sense and travelling between points on a shared section of route is going to chose the latter.
Ditto with the 28 & 5 vs 28a & X93 on their common sections.