(20 Aug 2024, 5:43 pm)busmanT wrote I see that Stagecoach are also using public funds to increase frequencies in Newcastle - the 1, 30/31 and 36
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-up...:06:03:202

Indeed so. The difference being that Stagecoach actually registered a permanent timetable position post COVID at the end of 2022. So this could be classed as a legitimate enhancements. 

Whereas GNE still appears to be, from a traffic commissioner perspective, still in "temporary" mode. So it appears they are getting paid to restore something that should have been 7/8 mins to begin with.