16 Mar 2022, 2:09 am
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(16 Mar 2022, 12:26 am)peter The 204, 206, 201/209/210, 202/208 (Easington/Seaham-Peterlee - now 62/62A) are all mentioned in a DCC list of tenders from a FOI request in 2018 seen here. Unless things have changed since then and GNE have decided to take them on commercially, they won't be up for renewal until October this year (delayed from 2021 due to COVID). I can't see why GNE would turn down funding, and despite all the major service changes the key routes still exist - the only bit that was properly withdrawn was Durham - Easington on the 208 which wasn't supported.
If in fact Peterlee is closing it will be interesting to see if they keep these contracts, particularly for the likes of the 201/209/210 which presumably GNE would now have to factor dead mileage into their bid - Arriva or an independent could outbid them. The rest I presume could more likely stay with GNE, the 62A could interwork with the X6 (and 62) at Peterlee and the 206 could be re-tagged onto the end of the 55.
I knew I had seen that document before, thanks for posting. Interesting that it seems the 239 contract should have ran out the same time as the other Peterlee networks but it seems GNE might have forced a change.
On the back of this got me thinking, are there any other GNE routes that are far from a depot? We’ve mentioned the 65 and obviously with the Peterlee depot closing - trying to think of others.
