(27 Jun 2023, 9:59 am)F114TML wrote 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.
Assuming that's because Stagecoach don't want to give any money to Nexus from those fares and who can blame them. They were never their routes so it's no loss to them.
The 54 in Newcastle is the same I believe. The other Newcastle services they take a financial risk on ticketing (take the fares) so ticketing is upto them as far as I'm aware.