(28 Apr 2022, 7:46 am)busmanT wrote I suspect that the Go-Ahead Group's new business strategy, “The Next Billion Journeys”:is GNE really underperforming, yes they are losing money at this moment - but surely after the Congestion Charge for people who live on the routes which feed into Newcastle will use them.
https://newsroom.go-ahead.com/news/the-g...n-journeys
is one of the reasons - it talks about "turning round underperforming companies" and one way to do that is to maximise revenue collection.
Route like the 57/58/56/21/56/28/25 will probs become busier so people don't pay the charge atleast from Gateshead they will, may even benfit some lines feeding into Gateshead like the 93/94 for people who need a journey through Newcastle to the coast may use the 27 or 1 to Whitley Bay