New Buses Orders

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RE: New Buses Orders

(17/03/2013 00:57)507009 Wrote:  In short, if the All Zone Saveaway was hiked in price to £8 or even £7 any time soon I would never use it again. That would be a total and utter rip-off for what the ticket offers. You have to bear in mind how much bigger the London Zones 1-6 and Greater Manchester regions are. They are massively larger areas than Merseyside and you could argue both provide a more comprehensive network of public transport overall than here.

Charging £7-8 for a Saveaway would be outrageous and I am certain the trains would take a big hit in revenue if that were to happen as people desert that obscene price in favour of the bus day tickets which represent very good value for money in a larger region than the Saveaway if multiple journeys are required.

I think £7 to travel from Meols Cop to Chester via Liverpool AND return again by train, and to have unlimited use of buses and ferries is excellent value.

You make my point well though. People would ditch the Saveaway and buy operator specific tickets, giving them 100% of the revenue, and making their services more profitable. In relation to this thread, more profitable services are likely to result in better capacity amongst other things. At the moment, busy does not equal profit.

I don't think there is anything wrong with cheaper operator specific tickets and higher priced multi-mode ones like the Saveaway. If you want more, you should pay more.