(23 Nov 2014, 10:56 am)Andreos1 wrote So if the WiFi isn't free - what sort of margin are the company making now, versus the period they didn't have it (yet were still more expensive)?
Just to move it over to the Coast Road and ANE/GNE competition there - who is the cheaper of the two when it is ANE with the more fuel.efficient of the two?
The Wi-Fi has always been fitted on the "Angel" Volvo B5LH vehicles - how frequently it worked was another matter, though the devices (and the associated costs) were still there...
We'd be looking at Volvo B7 operation if we were to go back even further than that, where fuel economy wasn't as great, yet a higher amount of mileage was still operated. Arriva's allocation probably differed (and varied more) back then too, so it would be more difficult to compare.
The Cobalt Clipper route saver costs £3.75 for an entire day's travel on both Cobalt Clipper services and Citylink service 58 between Newcastle and Battlehill. Tom (or someone else) may be able to provide the comparison for a day ticket valid between Newcastle and Blyth on the Arriva services, but I'm guessing it's going to be more expensive...
On another topic, related to previous discussion, I used the X7 yesterday. The East Durham Saver ticket was discussed a few weeks ago - and posts were made questioning how often drivers would offer the ticket to customers. I must say that the driver I had yesterday asked every single passenger (when they tried to buy a normal coloured zone day ticket) where they were travelling to, and proceeded to offer them the East Durham Saver ticket providing they were not travelling beyond the Station Town boundary.