(08 Sep 2014, 9:11 am)GuyParkRoyal wrote I was looking at the prices of travel from Newcastle to South Shields and return for the Great North Run yesterday. The three most popular options all had the same single fare of £3.30 but when checking the return price I was offered a day ticket option and the price variation was quite wide.
Metro = Single £3.30, All day £4.50.
Stagecoach 553 = single £3.30, All day £3.80.
GNE R1 = Single £3.30 All day, £5.00
That is a shocking price difference between Stagecoach and GNE.
GNE was £3 per single on the R1, and Stagecoach was £3.50 on the 553?
Difference in all day tickets are down to the fact GNE were offering an all day ticket on all their services regionwide, whereas Stagecoach were offering Tyne and Wear only.