(27 Sep 2022, 8:28 pm)Thomas12 wrote Yeah, I don't think they perform as well as Arriva Durham County. Not sure if they are loss making or not, though.

It's always hard to tell I think as there's some very very strong routes in Durham County especially the Stockton routes and 63 at Redcar. Not to mention the 1, 6 and 7, X26, X27 and Darlington Town Services being good little earners.

Is everything making a money or are these just covering the likes of the 5, 5A, 8 (All Darlington), 28, 29, 49/49A, 56 (Durham), 57/57A (Durham), 81 (Redcar) which always come across as very weak routes.

It's the same at Arriva Northumbria but the opposite way, Jesmond seems to be the problem depot lately and they've got a lot of the work. The 46, 46A, 51/51A, 52, 53, 54, 55 are all a bit iffy and they don't really have anything to drag them out. The 306/308 is still overserved, the 43/44/45 all seem to be really struggling. What's left there, not much really. It's not really a surprise they're trying to spread it out between Blyth and Ashington which no doubt do alright.

Stagecoach are by the far the worst for it though as the likes of the 38, 39, 40, 62, 63 anyone could run and they no doubt hide how bad other areas are ie. South Shields.