I also don't think its just the buses, the metro is like £4.50 return to one stop

£2.75 on the Metro now if you use the PAYG. Decent value imo. 

£3.60 without it which is probably about fair.

If you're going one stop on the Metro then you should really be walking.

If you're going one stop on the Metro then you should really be walking.

Not sure about that, North Shields to Tynemouth, Cullercoats to Tynemouth, Gateshead to Central, Hebburn to Jarrow, Kingston Park to Fawdon are all reasonable enough journeys and I bet there's a few who do it.

Obviously if your doing Haymarket to Monument you're a bit odd.

Not sure about that, North Shields to Tynemouth, Cullercoats to Tynemouth, Gateshead to Central, Hebburn to Jarrow, Kingston Park to Fawdon are all reasonable enough journeys and I bet there's a few who do it.

Obviously if your doing Haymarket to Monument you're a bit odd.

I think with the Metro, so many people use it free of charge because there are no barriers or anything, especially if your going a few stops, someone whos in my class at uni get the metro and gets it a bit past Newcastle then gets the bus into Newcastle because it's cheaper not to mention it only takes like an extra 20 mins, not to mention a lot of people I know buy child tickets for when they're going to Newcastle just to get through the barrier.

I think with the Metro, so many people use it free of charge because there are no barriers or anything, especially if your going a few stops, someone whos in my class at uni get the metro and gets it a bit past Newcastle then gets the bus into Newcastle because it's cheaper not to mention it only takes like an extra 20 mins, not to mention a lot of people I know buy child tickets for when they're going to Newcastle just to get through the barrier.

Aye can't argue about that, personally I'd wish they'd put barriers at every station. I believe you can legally run them remote nowadays, sure one of the railways down South does it, South Eastern?, would help with the trouble in some places aswell.

Obviously some will jump them but it would go a long way or at least have them at more of the main stations; Wallsend, Byker, Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Chichester, Jarrow etc so it's pretty much useless without paying - even if it's child tickets.

They could just enforce ticket checks on metro and claw revenue back or actively discourage it

I regularly use metro link in Manchester and every journey without fail, there’s a check (I always forget which bloody card I’ve used) especially through the central belt

They could just enforce ticket checks on metro and claw revenue back or actively discourage it

I regularly use metro link in Manchester and every journey without fail, there’s a check (I always forget which bloody card I’ve used) especially through the central belt

Always been checked on the Metro but never on the Metrolink!

I think with the Metro, so many people use it free of charge because there are no barriers or anything, especially if your going a few stops, someone whos in my class at uni get the metro and gets it a bit past Newcastle then gets the bus into Newcastle because it's cheaper not to mention it only takes like an extra 20 mins, not to mention a lot of people I know buy child tickets for when they're going to Newcastle just to get through the barrier.

The barriers don't let you exit automatically with child tickets. A member of staff would have to let you through.

Turns out West Auckland to Chester Le Street isn't the cheapest per mile, going off the shortest driving distance according to Google anyway. I can't be arsed to put the exact bus route into maps to figure it out!

West Auckland to Chester Le Street - 19.5 miles - £2.60 - 13.33p per mile
Ashington to North Shields Ferry - 17.3 miles - £2.30 - 13.29p per mile

To match that, you'd have to fill up with petrol at Costco and average 53mpg

Do we have any other takers for cheapest journey per mile?

I'd also be interesting to see what the most expensive journey per mile is, if anyone has any suggestions for that.

The mile and a bit between Durham City centre and fram might be the most expensive, then, as it's only pennies less than that.

The mile and a bit between Durham City centre and fram might be the most expensive, then, as it's only pennies less than that.

I noticed it's still £1.70 between the hospital and North Road though on GNE.

I noticed it's still £1.70 between the hospital and North Road though on GNE.

Aye, but I can't be arsed to walk up that hill!

To be fair, when we had a bus station, I'd often get the consett or Stanley buses and walk up from the hospital but, with the current arrangement, you can't really just hop on the first thing going in roughly the right direction, so we just hover around the 50/21/X21 stand as the easiest to get to and the safest bet.

And I remember that hop to the hospital was cheaper than the 64 on some buses. Even with the added walk and recent fare changes, £1.70 is still more than the 64, I think.

For what it worth, Go Ahead owned East Yorkshire Motor Service charge 50p between the main hospital and Hull bus station. A similar journey time, level of competition and distance as Durham, if not slightly longer.

For what it worth, Go Ahead owned East Yorkshire Motor Service charge 50p between the main hospital and Hull bus station. A similar journey time, level of competition and distance as Durham, if not slightly longer.

Would that be the hospital just on the other side of the train station to the bus station? Literally a stones throw away?

Do GNE Network One tickets scan on Arriva yet?

I'm thinking of getting the Explorer ticket today as I have to get a few Arriva and GNE buses, and need to know whether to expect to still look like a tit boarding the bus!

Do GNE Network One tickets scan on Arriva yet?

I'm thinking of getting the Explorer ticket today as I have to get a few Arriva and GNE buses, and need to know whether to expect to still look like a tit boarding the bus!

Unfortunately no. Its annoying especially since half the drivers look at the ticket say no then they see its an explorer or T&W Day rover and there like oh right okay

Unfortunately no. Its annoying especially since half the drivers look at the ticket say no then they see its an explorer or T&W Day rover and there like oh right okay

Thought that'd still be the case.

Wonder what the situation will be like along the Coast Road! Surely they'll have to have something in place regarding that!

Do GNE Network One tickets scan on Arriva yet?

I'm thinking of getting the Explorer ticket today as I have to get a few Arriva and GNE buses, and need to know whether to expect to still look like a tit boarding the bus!

Neither scan on each other, but I must be a lucky one. 
Never had an issue with either operator, using either of the others issued Explorer.

Maybe my snarl is more intimidating than a drivers snarl?

Neither scan on each other, but I must be a lucky one. 
Never had an issue with either operator, using either of the others issued Explorer.

Maybe my snarl is more intimidating than a drivers snarl?

I just managed to use it on an Arriva with little fuss, although the driver did study it for a few seconds before letting me on.

Presumably to make sure it wasn't a screenshot!

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I just managed to use it on an Arriva with little fuss, although the driver did study it for a few seconds before letting me on.

Presumably to make sure it wasn't a screenshot!

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Personally, it takes me a little longer to study a ticket from Arriva/Stagecoach because I don't see them as often and have to remember where the info is on the screen/ticket. It's nothing personal.

Personally, it takes me a little longer to study a ticket from Arriva/Stagecoach because I don't see them as often and have to remember where the info is on the screen/ticket. It's nothing personal.

Yeah, I thought that would be the case.

They took a while looking at it on the Metro as well.

Since I had the ticket, I thought I'd try using it from Gateshead to Newcastle since everyone on here raves about it being better than using the bus to cross the river.
It was awful, give me 100 buses crossing the Tyne any day!

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The price of the T&W Day Rover & Explorer has gone up

Original price for both was

£7.80 to £9.10 T&W Day Rover

£10.90 to £12.10 Explorer

The price of the T&W Day Rover & Explorer has gone up

Original price for both was

£7.80 to £9.10 T&W Day Rover

£10.90 to £12.10 Explorer

Ouch. One driver i spoke to predicts the dayrider plus to go up soon too.

Wow. That is a full 11% for the explorer and almost 17% for the day rover (my mental arithmetic may be out)

Wow. That is a full 11% for the explorer and almost 17% for the day rover (my mental arithmetic may be out)

You are spot on with your figures, they really want to screw North Tyneside don't they.

On the GNE app, would it be possible for the developers to change the colour of the header of multi-operator tickets, so they can be quickly identified?

With the amount of people boarding Stagecoach buses thinking they can just flash a "Tyne & Wear" or "All Zones" ticket, instead of Network One/Day Rover, a description saying "valid on Go North East buses only" would be helpful for us to point at to show them we're not lying...

The price of the T&W Day Rover & Explorer has gone up

Original price for both was

£7.80 to £9.10 T&W Day Rover

£10.90 to £12.10 Explorer

When is this change taking place, because our machines are still showing the Day Rover as being £7.80, and charging as such?

On the GNE app, would it be possible for the developers to change the colour of the header of multi-operator tickets, so they can be quickly identified?

With the amount of people boarding Stagecoach buses thinking they can just flash a "Tyne & Wear" or "All Zones" ticket, instead of Network One/Day Rover, a description saying "valid on Go North East buses only" would be helpful for us to point at to show them we're not lying...

Also move the name of the ticket somewhere else - I'm often getting people on who show the ticket but I can't see what it is because they've just received a text or something.

On the GNE app, would it be possible for the developers to change the colour of the header of multi-operator tickets, so they can be quickly identified?

With the amount of people boarding Stagecoach buses thinking they can just flash a "Tyne & Wear" or "All Zones" ticket, instead of Network One/Day Rover, a description saying "valid on Go North East buses only" would be helpful for us to point at to show them we're not lying...

Wonder if stagecoach would do the same, so many people who think dayriders and megariders are valid on go north east services when they are not

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...e-26727413

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...e-26727413

You beat me too it..... some of the comments at the bottom though...... It seems that if gannon offerd a bus every 5 minutes which were free some
££££ers would still moan!!!!

When is this £6.80 Berwick - Barnard day ticket coming out? Will it be this summer?