(01 Oct 2024, 10:23 pm)Shrek wrote Arriva seem to have picked up their game since the takeover, would you really want to associate yourself with Go Ahead at the moment?
Being serious though, I think maybe it's a sign that Arriva are seeing opportunities in the North East and want to rebuild their reputation after a tough few years. You can't blame them for taking the opportunity to build their own business. Returning the Ashington services to regular timetables is another sign that of that.
Seen they're finally upping the PVR on the X7/X8/X9/X10/X11 aswell to try and finally sort out the issues with the timetables, especially at peak times.
Something they've been scraping around for years, literally, and nothing changing as it's simply impossible under the current timetable.
https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/latest-news/...wear-nov24 - Changes btw for those who haven't seen them.