(09 Jun 2014, 7:35 am)ifm001 wrote Is that not the point of the tendering process in the first place.

Don't be blaming nexus and sne for not being able to use passes. Its because gne don't care enough about their own customers and the prices they charge to be anable to put the evening services on commercially

Yes, and I've made my views clear on the tendering process recently on other parts of the forum. I firmly believe there should be alternative methods to how it is conducted, taking quality and the regular operator into account (which - as we've established - Nexus does not).

Passengers are the ones who suffer - regardless of whether it's due to Go North East opting out of running evening services as they're not commercially viable or the tendering process meaning that passengers can't use their regular Go North East tickets on the evening services.


There are massive discounts available using the Sunderland Weekly Saver, and as I used to be a regular passenger on service 39, I can tell you now that a fair proportion of the fare-paying passengers actually bought this ticket. The single tickets are also very cheap due to competition by Stagecoach North East. Nobody can say anything about Go North East's tickets being expensive on service 39 - they're cheap as chips.

As for Go North East not caring for their customers enough - it's open for debate. You will have your opinion, and mine clearly differs.