(Yesterday, 8:43 am)R852 PRG wrote Interesting that Go North East have such little faith in the capabilities of their own fleet that they had to hire in another operator to provide transport for a staff Christmas outing. What's remarkable is that, following the revocation of the bulk of their National Express contracts, they're continuing to maintain a fleet of coaches on the books in the desperate hope of breaking even on them in the over-saturated field of ad-hoc rail replacement work - an incredible commercial strategy in and of itself.
I don't think they have any coaches not on Nat Ex anymore? Haven't done for years.