RE: Pricing
Bus companies were obliged to tell the DfT what the fares would be without the cap and were only allowed to increase the shadow fares by the inflation rate. Stagecoach’s shadow fares aren’t accessible on bustimes but looking at an example of GNE’s X84 single fare from Lemington Road Ends to Eldon Square, it currently shows as £2.90 so it wouldn’t be a shock to see this increase to £3 under the new cap. Of course its possible that NECA will find the money somehow to maintain the existing cap at least for the remainder of the financial year but we shall just have to wait on that front.