(25 May 2016, 4:08 pm)MVK 500R £2.80 from Newcastle to Wallsend on the 1. Get the 22/40/12 and it's £2.35.

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(25 May 2016, 7:49 pm)ifm001 The most ridiculous fare comparison has to be stagecoach X34 vs Go North East X36

Boldon Asda - Newcastle day ticket

X34   £3.95
X36 a whopping £6.30

Buzzfare zones need to be revised for sure.

(26 May 2016, 4:05 pm)ifm001 Yes but it just shows that the whole buzzfare range needs revised

Aperson living in South Shields travelling to Newcastle or Metrocentre needs 2 zones red and purple but a person living in North Shields needs just one zone, blue. There is no consistency at all with Buzzfare zones.

As other people have mentioned also. The stagecoach day rider is wholly Tyne and Wear and for just £3.95 so if SNE can do a Tyne and Wear ticket why can't GNE.

And don't get me started on Smartzone.

(26 May 2016, 4:05 pm)ifm001 Yes but it just shows that the whole buzzfare range needs revised

Aperson living in South Shields travelling to Newcastle or Metrocentre needs 2 zones red and purple but a person living in North Shields needs just one zone, blue. There is no consistency at all with Buzzfare zones.

As other people have mentioned also. The stagecoach day rider is wholly Tyne and Wear and for just £3.95 so if SNE can do a Tyne and Wear ticket why can't GNE.

And don't get me started on Smartzone.

(26 May 2016, 7:08 pm)BusLoverMum I don't think Stagecoach would get away with charging as much for the whole of Tyne and Wear as GNE given the limitations in where their buses go within the region. Their day rider would be pretty useless if you wanted to get to Washington, for example.

(26 May 2016, 8:40 pm)Andreos1 Whilst there will be flaws in any zonal ticketing system, it begs the question as to why there are some on a section of route that is commuter central and susceptible to competition on a corridor, that has seen both the X3 and X36 fail or suffer gradual withdrawals - even with the onward connections offered by GNE at various points on their route.

In the same period, the X34 has grown. Despite the obvious limitations with onward connections in certain areas versus the GNE offer.

(26 May 2016, 8:42 pm)Tom Is a single not £4.80 or something between Sunderland and Newcastle too? Strange that if they want to compete with the metro they are charging ridiculous prices and as people said they seem to be providing no competition for Stagecoach/the metro.

(26 Jul 2016, 3:22 pm)Tom GNE have lowered their fares on the 1 again. Now only £2.40 from Newcastle up to Howdon down from £2.80.

(26 Jul 2016, 3:27 pm)MVK 500R Well that's much better. It was an absolute rip off.

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(26 Jul 2016, 3:22 pm)Tom GNE have lowered their fares on the 1 again. Now only £2.40 from Newcastle up to Howdon down from £2.80.

(01 Aug 2016, 10:33 am)Tom They've also lowered the return fare, £3.50 for Newcastle-Howdon which is 45p cheaper than Stagecoach now. Good to see, have any other routes done the same?

(01 Aug 2016, 10:33 am)Tom They've also lowered the return fare, £3.50 for Newcastle-Howdon which is 45p cheaper than Stagecoach now. Good to see, have any other routes done the same?

(01 Aug 2016, 6:22 pm)Ambassador They've mostly been raising prices where they have a monopoly...

(01 Aug 2016, 6:24 pm)Tom Not surprised at all to be honest.

(01 Aug 2016, 8:41 pm)Tamesider Yes. Standard Free v Captive market policy of the private sector - of which Stagecoach are specialists. My 87 year old Mum can no longer use conventional buses due to Arthritis, but if she could and had to go to her GP before 0930, it would cost her £1.90 for the 0.7 mile journey - as it would all other adults, of course. However, if she/we lived in (relatively) well off Swinton, a 6 mile journey into Manchester would cost just £1.20. Reason; the GP s is on a low car ownership route on which Stagecoach have a monopoly on - albeit a heavily subsidised rail line abstracts passengers in the opposite direction, to Manchester. Swinton however, is the benficiary of a bus war with First resulting from the aquisition of Finglands ifrom EYMS in early 2014.