(17 Apr 2014, 8:34 pm)Tom wrote Out of interest, how much do the companies get for the explorers. I've noticed loads of drivers not keying in the day tickets/weekly tickets onto the machines, so revenue could be lost from this?

Not sure how it works exactly but the revenue will be split between all operators who sell, and accept, said tickets.

For example you've got Arriva, Go North East and Stagecoach, Weardale, Nexus (Metro) and all of their contractors (Nexusbus), Durham CC and all of their contractors (Scarlet Band, Weardale etc etc), Northumberland CC and all of their contractors - plus any other operators who accept them on commercial services (not sure if Glen Valley etc do any more commercially).

Not to mention a cut of the revenue will go to Network Ticketing to pay for the scheme and advertising and all that.
Obviously each operator will get a different cut of revenue depending on how many they accept, which is why drivers need to be keying in these tickets.

At Stockton our machines have a "Pass" button and a separate button for Explorers and Easyriders which we obviously gain revenue from!