(30 Dec 2019, 7:21 pm)streetdeckfan wrote The thing is, with Arriva the way it is at the minute, GNE could probably run a lot of Arriva services into the ground if they started running services along side of them, but then they would risk all the 'happenings' of a few years back all over again
Like I said, it's no use GNE extending the X21 to West Auckland unless they have services in County Durham that people want to connect to.
If GNE want the X21 extension to succeed, they need service that go to Crook, Newton Aycliffe, Darlington, Shildon etc.
Even if they're not as frequent as the Arriva service, it would give people a reason to buy a GNE ticket over an Arriva ticket
I just wish arriva would bugger off in East Durham and let GNE take the bus services on, Peterlee have always had the bad end of the stick from the days of United, even when there had the Peterlee depot open and still had buses off the road with bus services missing or only half running the routes.
Even the late Peter Huntley said if he became MD at GNE a lot sooner he would of halted the sale of Bishop and would of put a bid in to purchase Stagecoach Darlington if Arriva and Stagecoach didn’t agree, also asked availability for purchase of stagecoach Hartlepool which Stagecoach gived a blunt no to, also asked about South Shields and got a reply back saying not at this present time.
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