(4 hours ago)cbma06 wrote On Arriva website:
From Sunday 22 March 2026, the existing arrangement under which Go North East ticket products are accepted on Arriva services 306 and 308 will cease. Go North East products will therefore no longer be valid on these services from that date.
As a result of Go North East’s decision to end this arrangement, Arriva ticket products will also no longer be accepted on Go North East services 307 and 309.
What does this mean for you?
If you currently purchase a Go North East return, day, weekly (or longer) zonal ticket and use services 306 or 308, your ticket may no longer be valid from 22 March 2026. The following tickets will continue to be accepted:
TNE Day tickets at £7.50 and Tyne and Wear Day tickets at £6.80 (pricing correct as of 22 March 2026)
Network One tickets and Newcastle or North Tyneside SmartZone tickets
Any other non-Arriva tickets will not be accepted beyond this date.
Customers are advised to review their ticket options before travelling, particularly where journeys involve services operated by both companies.
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This line makes me laugh. The fact they have to state that its correct of the time they post this. Only cause Kim and whoever sorts the whole tickets out want to silently remove this ticket and make everyone pay £7.50 which no doubt will rise when and if that ticket goes cause that's how everything works. Why make them pay £7.50 for a ticket. It'll be either 7.80 (the old Tyne & Wear Ticket before this new one was introduced) or a shocking £8.
Wouldn't shock me if it does happen