(01 Apr 2014, 7:15 pm)aureolin wrote Hopefully the info will appear on the website soon. There appeared to be a bit too much info to digest at a glance, and probably won't be on another GNE bus till next weekend now.
I did note the bit about the 5p increase being sold as a solution to the problem of drivers having no 5-pence pieces to give as change. As Tom quite rightly has said, the solution could have been to round downwards instead of upwards to the nearest 10p (although unlikely). Whether I agree with it or not; if you're going increase fares by 5p, then just do it. Trying to it as a benefit to customers is going to get their back up.
I can't remember actually reading on the poster I saw that the 5p increase in fares were to combat the change issues... I simply said that I'd imagine this would help (see post on link below):
http://northeastbuses.co.uk/forum/showth...hp?tid=475&pid=36621#pid36621