(05 Nov 2022, 7:15 am)Storx wrote Have to echo this, I'm not sure why they'd want to buy them especially with the 306 which is half alright. They're a bunch of weak routes which don't really have anything going for them.

Arriva Blyth and Ashington are the two depots which have the decent routes in Northumbria.

Jesmond has always been the weak point of Northumbria similar to Durham in North East and it's why usually they have the worst fleets. The reason why the depot isn't economical anymore pretty much.

43/44/45 are an alright set of routes to be fair minus the frequency reductions to combat driver shortages.

51 & 54 could be interworked with the 317 if kept hourly......or the 54 could be merged into a new X62 & X63 with the 54 running as an X62.

Don't know about the 55.

685 would become full Stagecoach. 

52 & 53 aren't too bad although not exactly money makers......but Stagecoach have made a good go of the 10/11 and 317 which are 'local' routes too.