Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(09/12/2018 20:33)knutstransport Wrote:  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.

There is no "illogical, flawed" argument - in fact, I wasn't making an "argument" at all. I was asking if anyone knew to what extent price factors affected modal choice where there is direct competition. You clearly don't know, so I don''t understand why you bothered commenting at all.

A Stagecoach DaySaver goes up from £4.50 to £4.80 whilst an off-peak Day Return is frozen at £4.10. The fact that "not everyone" continues across Manchester by tram (or another train for that matter) is irrelevant. In either scenario the price gap between bus and train widens.