(16 Apr 2023, 8:57 pm)Storx wrote I don't know how things are done but maybe the bigger reason behind not marketing stuff, is the simple fact Arriva don't want people using GNE and GNE still don't want people using Arriva and they only agreed to it as they were at lockerheads on reducing stuff and both were losing money because of the overbusing.But isn't that the whole point of a 'partnership'?
If someone has a GNE Day Ticket, I can't imagine Arriva getting half the value if it's used on Arriva and vice versa especially considering that ticket is valid on other services aswell and there's no way of telling x used it on y bus.
Already seen reports about certain valid tickets not being accepted. Surely we can't go back to the days of grumpy Northumbria / Coastline drivers rocking up in N113's or Leyland Olympians refusing each others tickets.
Yeah both operators will have to make sacrafices, but the longer term aim is about making things simpler, more accessible and easier for customers, hence creating passenger growth too.