(04 Aug 2022, 10:01 pm)F114TML wrote What I mean is someone coming along and bringing new ideas to the table. Rather than a route along Dalton Park > Sunderland corridor; maybe they go Seaham > Doxford > Hospital > Sunderland. It'd give gne a bit of a kick up the backside hopefully. Anyway, most people I see using buses are using singles and returns.

I know what your saying tbf, but it just causes prices wars and it turns a mess.

Mind for that I wish we had something like Oyster developed, where you can just tap in and out across everything (not just Quaylink and Voltra) and it just calculates everything. Would make it so much easier for people who don't use public transport.

Talking of the thread ticketing needs sorting out as it's still a mess (just not as bad as it way); singles, returns, local day tickets, little bit bigger local day tickets, bigger zone day tickets, network one, no doubt missed stuff there. Confusing as hell.

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(04 Aug 2022, 10:13 pm)Unber43 wrote For buses I think the Green Arrows, Xlines buses are what minimum standards should be. While Tables/USB/Wirless Chargers are seens as things not needed I think they're, and I like what GNE is doing replicating what a car has, I can go out in the car, i will have a comfy seat, place to charge my phone and use it if Im not driving, and I do like on the buses with tables if you are going out with your friends and you can all sit together I think its nice, but with tables I do hate when one person sits at a table.

Can't really argue with that if I had to be honest; tables meh maybe on some routes.

I do believe the new Arriva buses are pretty much the same spec as the Green Arrows though omitting tables and head rests (let's not start that again).