(09 Feb 2016, 5:26 pm)James101 wrote I'm all for increasing competition to provide more choice for passengers and improve standards; but a bold move into a well served area by a new operator should a full forced network to attract customers with season passes. A single hourly route may be destined to fail.
I still think Arriva are missing a trick with South Shields. 10 minutes out of the Tyne Tunnel and your in Shields town Centre. I suggested in the past a service from Morpeth and Cramlington through tunnel to Shields and then a quick return to Morpeth in service for passengers from Shields. With a both way return in the late afternoon.
That would work