Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(09/12/2018 17:08)Brickmill Wrote:  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.

You didn't specify what ticket you were referring to. As you mentioned a bus/tram ticket I presumed you meant the System One ticket. As Stagecoach buses alone can get you from Reddish to Manchester without needing to board a single tram no-one except you knew what illogical flawed argument you were trying to make. Not everyone with a CTLZ ticket boards a tram on arrival at Piccadilly, just like not everyone with a Stagecoach DaySaver travels on 2 different services.

Northern Off-Peak Day Return fares are generally increasing by 10p, 20p or 30p.