Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(09/12/2018 09:42)knutstransport Wrote:  The £4.10 off-peak ticket you mention is not valid before 09:30 or between 16:00 and 18:30 on weekdays, so there's very few busy services where the cheaper off-peak ticket is valid.

Also the £4.10 rail ticket from Reddish to Manchester is only valid on Metrolink in the city centre zone, the £6.60 ticket is valid on the entire Metrolink network. Therefore, you could just as easily ask why Altrincham to Reddish going out at 10am and back at 6pm is only £6.60 using bus and tram when it's £9.10 using rail, considering buses and trams are a lot more frequent.

Are you a politician by any chance?
1. You dismiss my basic question (ignoring the specific examples) by diminishing the problem.
2. You wrongly assume how I am making my calculations.
3. Your alternative assumption is incorrect!

To concentrate on the actual price:
The £6.60 is based on £4.80 Stagecoach DaySaver plus £1.80 Zone 1 Metrolink return (from 13/1/19). Altrincham is not in Zone 1 (lol)
Whilst I doubt there is much latent demand to travel from Reddish to Altrincham - dispersal of health services notwithstanding - I presume you are referring to the SystemOne AnyBus & Tram off-peak, which is currently £7 (not £6.60). However, an increase in commercial fares normally sparks an increase in SystemOne fares, so I would expect the £7 to increase in the New Year as well. By how much, would depend on whether First in particular also increase fares and what the overall change in Off-peak Rail fares. I assume the RDN freeze is the exception to the rule.