(04 Apr 2022, 8:05 pm)busmanT wrote Presumably Arriva have decided that they can't provide the summer extra frequency commercially (or haven't the drivers)

tbh it's probably a lack of vehicles. They struggle as it is already at Ashington without needing more buses on the road.

They lost 2 Streetlites and 3 Omnicity's to be replaced by 2 Pulsars and they've gained the 1/2 with 8 Pulsars and no spares to run them.

It's never been commercial though as far as I'm aware.