Pricing
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02 Mar 2015, 4:50 pm,
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RE: Pricing
(02 Mar 2015, 4:45 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote When on a 56 recently, between Concord and Sunderland - a guy got on and paid something like £5.70 or £5.90 for a return between the two. Bloody hell! That's a rip off! Another thing I don't get is: 56, X1 etc. - Gateshead to Wrekenton - £2.00 Orbits - £1.50 27, X9, X10, X36 etc. Gateshead to Heworth - £2.00 Orbits - £1.50 |
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02 Mar 2015, 5:09 pm,
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02 Mar 2015, 5:10 pm,
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02 Mar 2015, 7:00 pm,
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02 Mar 2015, 7:05 pm,
Post: #585
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I think it's far from ideal, but you're always going to get these discrepancies. In a commercial environment, I'd think that certain services are marketed differently to others, in order to increase patronage. If this helps services with lower use survive, then it's obviously a good thing.
I've made my feelings clear more than once though. I'd love to see lower fares a lot round, but that's not going to be a possibility in the current market.
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02 Mar 2015, 7:14 pm,
Post: #586
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(02 Mar 2015, 4:34 pm)Tom wrote Just saw on the GNE Facebook page that a single from Birtley to Gateshead is £3.20! £3.20 gets me from Chester le Street, Black Horse to Eldon Square on GNE services (£2.80 on Arriva) which makes the Birtley to Gateshead fare look poor VFM. |
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02 Mar 2015, 8:42 pm,
Post: #587
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Personally, I think when Quality Contracts comes into it all - I'd like to see (presuming all other counties or areas join outside of Tyne and Wear, to make things easier and a lot better on the whole) a certain fare rate. Something like;
Travel within Tyne and Wear - £1.50 Travel from Tyne and Wear to Northumberland - £2.00 Travel from Tyne and Wear to County Durham - £2.00 And so on... Also, I'd like to see the 'half' (as my grandad used to call it ) fare of 90 pence for a child changed. With the fairly recent fare rise of 5 pence by Go North East (something to do with drivers having issues with change?), it's only fair (given it's only 10 pence difference, and they are generally easier to come across in change) that the child's fare is rounded up to £1.00. Just my suggestions, obviously I don't follow Quality Contracts, or the constant debate, but I do pick up they wanted to introduce some sort of fare boundary? |
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02 Mar 2015, 8:47 pm,
Post: #588
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RE: Pricing
(02 Mar 2015, 8:42 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Personally, I think when Quality Contracts comes into it all - I'd like to see (presuming all other counties or areas join outside of Tyne and Wear, to make things easier and a lot better on the whole) a certain fare rate. Something like; As attached. Appendix J Fare Information Examples_1.pdf (Size 302.7 KB / Downloads 30) Appendix Q Fare Change Winners and Losers by District_0.pdf (Size 303.14 KB / Downloads 22) |
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02 Mar 2015, 8:51 pm,
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02 Mar 2015, 8:54 pm,
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(02 Mar 2015, 8:51 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Thanks Dan. Shows how little I pay attention in that field. Should note that the fares in Appendix J are based on the rates at 2012 - so they're subject to going up further beyond that. The zone map is structured similar to the Network One zone map, which is why there are winners and losers compared to the current operator ticketing options. |
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02 Mar 2015, 10:24 pm,
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04 Mar 2015, 11:54 pm,
Post: #592
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Something I have been meaning to post for a bit is the difference in Transfare prices. Not sure what Go-North East or Arriva Transfare prices are but here is an example using a Stagecoach service then metro.
Stagecoach service from Sunderland estate to city then metro to Newcastle £3.80 Returning the other way its £4.30, a 50p difference. |
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05 Mar 2015, 1:50 pm,
Post: #593
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RE: Pricing
But then a Nexus day ticket would be less than double even the cheaper fare.
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09 Mar 2015, 7:07 pm,
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RE: Bus Related Outings and Reviews
(08 Mar 2015, 10:50 pm)leestransportphotos wrote Didn't have that much of a run around this weekend Wouldn't it have been easier just to use Northern's NCL - MCE service? Explorers are valid on them. |
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09 Mar 2015, 7:09 pm,
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09 Mar 2015, 7:38 pm,
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09 Mar 2015, 7:39 pm,
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09 Mar 2015, 7:42 pm,
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(09 Mar 2015, 7:38 pm)leestransportphotos wrote I didn't have an explorer. Why buy a ticket which is £9 odd or what ever when you can have a day ticket for £1.10 Isn't the £1.10 CAT valid on the Northern Rail service? I'd thought the validity was the same as a Day Rover?
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09 Mar 2015, 7:44 pm,
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09 Mar 2015, 7:45 pm,
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