(19 Dec 2025, 9:18 pm)Storx wrote Totally agreed on the monthly tickets, mind maybe instead of flexi tickets, maybe the price of a 28 day ticket should come down instead?

If the vast majority of customers are only using the bus 3 days a week, then maybe the pricing of the weekly and monthly tickets should be adjusted to support that or somewhere in between, at least. 

Tbh though the whole pricing system sucks, personally I wish we'd divide the North East in a number of zones, and pricing is set based on that, ie one zone £1.20, two zone £1.50 and so on with it being clear what the zones actually are unlike now where it's not clear, at all, with a new day ticket replacing the £2.50 fares (maybe £6?). It means people can use their initiative whether that's better value or not and those making short journeys or hopper journeys aren't being punished for the sake of someone making a journey like Berwick to Newcastle who should be paying £5.00 for a single which would still be bloody good value (obviously there'd be the £3 cap thanks to national government).

I wholeheartedly agree with this- i am one of these people..i work from home min 2 days per week (sometimes 3) so im a prime example where im only in office 2/3 days per wk (3 more often than not but not gonna turn down extra day at home sometimes!). 

Atm i use the Network One ticket as including the Metro and bus together it works out more affordable (and even if it is the slower option- it does give me a backup of using the Coaster from Team Valley to home in North Tyneside if/when Metro is on blink/delays/breakdowns etc).

So these price rises increases my costs again and if wasnt for needing to be in office (and tbh i like mix of both) then it wouldnt encourage me to buy it.

I would totally be for the option of "zones"- in essence this does exuist already under Network One but probs needs a bit more streamlining- as you say give people the choice of (sorry to sound like a slogan)- travel where they want (zones), when they want (sure theres an argument for peak/offpeak) and how they want (some people have better connections just Metro, some Metro and bus, some may even be Northern services (would include Northumberland line in this equation now).

We have the infrastructure there to do it (Metro IS better with new trains, buses are (as a rule) getting better (well seeing investment at least) so just need someone to "join the dots" and people may at least "think" about using the network