(Yesterday, 12:32 pm)220631612 wrote BSIP funding running low. Admittedly they should have perhaps kept a bus only version
£7.50 will be the cheapest from April then? Potentially even more expensive if they put it up.
The only exception will be single operator tickets (GNE, Nexus, Stagecoach). No cheaper options for Arriva, Northstar or Peter Hogg.
Also a ridiculous decision as it excludes Metro and Shields Ferry use, if passengers can access one bus operator (doesn't apply to Arriva, they scrapped their own tickets), and therefore get a cheaper bus-only ticket. So much for integrated transport!
Bad timing for the Coast Road agreement to end as well. Fares are suddenly getting expensive again. Maybe Arriva could reintroduce their own day ticket, Northstar only run the X22 and X43 commercially, and Peter Hogg only have the X74 within Tyne & Wear, so can't see anything changing there.
Bus-only multi-operator ticket would be an improvement compared to paying £7.50 for everything, but is a backwards step in terms of integrated transport and pushing customers towards interchanges to use Metro services.