(25 Jan 2022, 11:09 pm)busmanT wrote Given the current National driver shortage, it’s very likely that the only operators who will be able to operate the contracts will be the ones who run them now, so they are likely to be the only ones who tender.
I can’t see Nexus having sufficient money to replace everything exactly the same.

I agree.

However - to cut that many services without even trying any different, as Andreos has mentioned before, is a disgrace. 

They could’ve just reduced the 11 in frequency, or incorporated services together. And to reduce the Q3 completely between Wallsend and St Peters is another disgraceful decision, could’ve just operated half hourly.