(05 Nov 2022, 9:13 am)L469 YVK wrote 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.
Why would Arriva willingly sell off routes like the 43/44/45 which make a good amount of money for them?
The minibus work, some of which they've already binned, fair enough, but routes along busy corridors which can easily be operated from another depot? Would be absolutely mental from a business POV.