(26 Jun 2023, 10:07 pm)Drifter60 wrote Accept all that but hasn’t it always been a case that the large operators used to accept their usual ticket products? So I don’t see why Stagecoach couldn’t decide to tweak a ticketing option?We don't accept dayriders or megariders on the 99 or 939 - indeed recently Nexus apparently told us to stop accepting the SmartZone tickets on the 99 because of.... reasons. Causes a fair bit of trouble especially on the 99; wouldn't be so bad if they stipulated the battleship grey livery on services tgat only accept Nexus tickets.
It’s raises a wider point though for instance the 71 Seaham to Chester, has just went from a DCC contract under GNE, whereby I imagine a great deal of fare-paying passengers were using GNE day/week tickets etc. so the income from fares wouldn’t be that high, whereas now I understand they’re no longer accepted so the amount of income from singles and returns will be higher. Does that make the route look more profitable?
Do DCC get the income from fares? If so, how does it work if a passenger boards and uses an operator day ticket?
The whole system of Council contracts seems flawed to me. The discussion has been had before though, but I do think bus operations are now entirely depleted and the system needs major overhaul.
RE: Stagecoach North East: Upcoming Service Changes