(06 Jan 2019, 3:07 am)JM03 wrote Could pick up a few little low profit workings that might be more better to run on hybrids to make profits on the next tender. Good routes that might be good use on is- W3, 335/6, 57/A, 558, 643, K1/2, R3/4/5/6. Another option is that old route could maybe be bring back, eg- Sunderland to North Shields connection which was a bit of  waste considering it was made for people in Hebburn to get to Sunderland even though no one uses the 9, they'd use the metro while there was demand for it in North Shields. Another option is to covert a couple of more profitable taxi buses into proper buses like the proposed 615 for e.g.