(21 Aug 2022, 12:51 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Very surprised to see that based on the maps on the Nexus site, Stagecoach won't be running their 553 this year, leaving the Newcastle to Shields work entirely to GNE with the R1 (what could possibly go wrong...) 
https://www.nexus.org.uk/greatnorthrun

Good to see ticket acceptance in place across all operators and modes of transport, less good to see only very vague info about what buses are running when, with only a couple of weeks to go.
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and...-north-run

With the new partnership-led approach, Go North East is leading on the operation and Stagecoach (as well as Arriva) will be running on hire to Go North East, as service R1. The same level of resource normally deployed by Go North East and Stagecoach will be deployed between all three operators, quite simply as an R1 service - a much better and simpler approach for customers.

But yes, what could possibly go wrong, eh?