(18 May 2021, 3:41 am)Economic505 wrote The E services and the X34 run from Sunderland depot. Besides, I would nt let GNE near the E services especially. These services have been stable for years. If GNE got them, they would be renumbered, rerouted , rebranded countless times!!
Yeah agreed tbh, it's why I left them off. Whitburn down is Stagecoach territory anyway and a little bit of competition doesn't hurt.
(18 May 2021, 7:30 am)ifm001 wrote Don't forget though. GNE pulled out of South Shields back in 2005 and crucified their network of routes as a result leaving just a handful of services.
Stagecoach did operate Newcastle to Cramlington. Think it was the X43 if I remember correctly.
Yeah I didn't forget dw.
(18 May 2021, 2:33 pm)Micheal Aaron wrote Tbh seeing stagecoach on the 42/42A would give stagecoach a push. But the thing is and question. Do we want another bus way. Go North east pulled out of the Cobalt very much with the 42/42A when it was cut alongside the 58X when that existed amongst others. Stagecoach pushing into other territory is a good thing but is it gonna be good in the long run. Arriva 43/44/45 nah I can't see that leaving arriva. There arriva little baby's. After all the cuts to service they did round Dudley and Cramlington amongst other places the 43/44/45 have not changed a single bit. The only major part they changed was stopping the 44 going to Morpeth. Extend the 45 to Dinnington and the 43 going to Morpeth. There the biggest money makers ever. Arriva would never hand that over. Bit like stagecoach would never hand there own routes over to other companies
It wouldn't really cause those problems though as you'd just be swapping GNE to Stagecoach so North Tyneside would only have Stagecoach, Arriva and the Metro instead of Stagecoach, Arriva, GNE and the Metro. It's to help the problem your mentioning rather than making it worse.
The 42/42A is more in Stagecoach's territory anyway tbh. South of Killingworth it's pretty much all Stagecoach territory especially in Forest Hall with the 62/63 and Quorum. The other extreme of the route the Airport to Kingston Park section is also all Stagecoach territory. The rest of the route Killingworth to Dinnington is more Arriva territory where it's the only bus GNE operates. It's also doesn't connect to any other GNE services anywhere on it's route so day tickets are useless so it's just expensive hence it struggles. Least if it was Stagecoach you'd open up connections like Annitsford to Heaton / Byker for example with a quick change at Killingworth on a day ticket etc.