(13 Dec 2024, 1:18 am)Adrian wrote Yes, and I'd say it's easier to implement with rail, because your network doesn't change. It's a fixed route over where the track is.
Trying to implement zonal systems for buses throws up all sorts of anomalies. I recall the Network One system having dozens of zones, before it was simplified around the mid 00s, and most didn't understand it.
See personally I don't think it would be that difficult to implement as you could easily have something like these blue zones:
It just works imo because of how our region is laid out and there's not ever really going to be any anomolies unless there's a sudden urge for services around Newcastle or a new Consett to Crook express. The network is very North/South pretty much across the whole region bar to the sides of Newcastle where it becomes very East/West.
It's also basically the current Network One zones, as it is, anyway so it's not like it's completely reinventing the wheel.