(20 Dec 2024, 3:32 pm)PH - BQA wrote We do now: https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/...north-east
Summary:
From 1 January 2025 there will be price changes to some of our fares in the North East.
We’re simplifying our single bus fares, taking into account feedback from customers and stakeholders who previously expressed concerns over the complexity of our single fare structure. Our new single fare structure will instead only hold three price points, which we believe will be much simpler.
Most single fares in the region will therefore be priced at either £1.60 or £1.70 for short trips, £2.30 for slightly longer journeys and then anything beyond this will be capped at either £2.50 or £3.00 per journey (see full details below).
Return tickets will also be removed from sale, however all existing day, week and longer tickets will continue to be available with no change to price or zones.
- Essentially it's similar to Stagecoach, in that they aren't just hiking everything to the maximum they possibly can in the way that Go North East are.
Mind I'm surprised there hasn't been some discussion here as there's some nasty price hikes sneaking in here unless singles are being reduced in price and there's another fare zone between £2.30 and £3.00 for the more Southern areas.
For example on the 15 in, Stockton to Ragworth Shops is currently a £3.50 return, the current single fare is £2.10 so that's either £4.60 a return now, or even worse £5.30 (Day Ticket) That's a hike and a half.
Darlington is much of the same, ie picking out the 4 some current fares are (using the grid on BusTimes)
Zone A: £1.40 / £2.00 Return
Zone B: £2.40 / £3.90 Return
These are now at least
Zone A: £1.60 / £3.20 Return
Zone B: £2.50 or £3.00 / £4.60 Day Ticket
Massive price increases there and that's before mentioning the £1 evening fare is scrapped on the lot.