(10 Jul 2025, 8:18 pm)PH - BQA wrote So, you mean a set of services with a combined frequency that rivals the GNE 21, Stagecoach 39/40, and 62/63? 

What would you charge for a 43/44/45 weekly ticket then, given that GNE price the Angel weekly ticket at £24? Is that 'dreadful value'?

Not sure the Angel is a fair comparison, considering you can get all the way to Brandon and includes the X21 between Durham and Newcastle aswell (and in fairness I've made comments on how the Angel is a rip off before anyway).

£20'ish is a fair price, and is roughly the same price as the respective Stagecoach ticket (£19), Metro A+B - similar distance (£20.30) or GoNorthEast (£21) for similar journeys. £27 is not competitive at all considering the vast majority of journeys are from Wideopen and South and £5.40 a day for the length of those journeys are not reasonable by any stretch of the imagination. £4 a day, considering connecting journeys pretty much don't exist - is a fair price imo.

(10 Jul 2025, 8:18 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote What ticket would you use for Ashington to Newcastle basically comparing bus vs Train

(Train / Pop (Inc. Metro) / Bus)

Ashington
Weekly: £24/£30/£36
Monthly: £92.20/£105/£137
Yearly: £960/£985/£1370

Blyth/Seaton Delaval
Weekly: £20/£26.90/£36
Monthly: £76.80/£98.30/£137
Yearly: £800/£904/£1370

That's the prices, the Arriva fares are just completely mental, especially at Blyth and Seaton Delaval. Also the train fares are subsidised is nonsense, as the government is subsidising the £2.50 fares aswell, not to mention the likes of BSOG and other handouts they're getting so it's much of the same really.