(07 Oct 2024, 8:30 pm)Storx wrote In fairness to Arriva, there's signs of the opposite with them as they're currently upping the PVR commercially to a few services in Northumberland which have been desperate for it for years and they've pretty much restored all the temporary timetables that they implemented, unlike GNE, who don't seem to understand what that means.

Seems like the new owners actually want to try and improve the service which is a change from the awful DB days by the end and some services locally around here are busier than they've ever been. Surprising what happens when you don't get the jack hammer out in the middle of the pandemic, when customer confidence is low, so when they return they notice the service they used to use doesn't exist anymore.

The new owners of GNE on the other hand... Has anything actually postive happened in the North East since they've took over as I'm struggling and I'm not counting cast offs and frequency restoration paid by the tax payer...?

Also before someone comes along, as I know someone will try it, and claim that the temporary stuff never happened - https://newsroom.gonortheast.co.uk/news/...ber-452139

• X20 has been restored but using BSIP funds only and allocated 'spare and overkill' decker's for a route that barely filled the citaros
  
• 10A/10B frequencies not restored...10A recently reinstated but using BSIP.
  
• 30 mins frequency on the 12
  
• 39 reduced frequency in Pennywell section 
  
• 51/52 never returned to Newcastle
  
• 53/54 reduced frequencies
  
• 57 never reinstated frequencies and then withdrew deckers
  
• 60 frequencies
  
• 97 frequency (albeit now the 1 but Whickham buses are still 3ph)