(23 Jun 2015, 2:09 pm)G-CPTN wrote Some of those routes operate from 'outstations' rather than GNE/ANE depot locations, so would involve significant dead mileage.
There would be little demand for the outward journeys early morning and inwards journeys late afternoon/evening.
I don't suppose that they are huge earners anyway and probably need subsidy to survive.
Couldn't Go North East transfer some buses to Hexham bus depot?