(24 Dec 2023, 9:37 am)streetdeckfan wrote The day tickets are nice and convenient, but when will GNE pull their finger out their proverbial and get round to installing Tap on Tap off on the whole fleet, and make it interoperable with Arriva's, which should be possible as they use the same system.

It feels so backwards having to ask the driver for a ticket or even get out my phone to scan an app.

I distinctly remember using TOTO in Amsterdam donkeys years ago. Well before smart card technology was rolled out beyond London. 

The lack of joined up thinking (mentioned just now on another thread in the forum) baffles me.
When the technology arrived in the NE, each operator and Nexus did their own thing. 
Each applying for and receiving a pot of money for the AVL and Smartcard technology and subsequently seeing their individual BSOG enhancement as a result. 

Revenue sharing and working together was clearly at the bottom of the wishlist.

Whilst not too sure on the accuracy of some of the things mentioned in this article, the general consensus is interesting https://www.route-one.net/features/multi...cal-issue/

Have a Google up of some of the publically available info on grants and handouts and you can see why us passengers are just an inconvenience to the operators money making aspirations.