(28 Dec 2014, 9:34 pm)Dan wrote You've lost me... Go North East gained nothing from the demise of the OK Expressway? Of course they did!
The Tynedalexpress is much more of a commercial success than the OK Expressway ever was. Go North East are obtaining higher profit levels by using the five vehicles on the Tynedalexpress, which were previously allocated to the OK Expressway. Higher profit levels is certainly a good gain, if you ask me...
Customers travelling between Middlesbrough and Darlington certainly didn't gain anything - they're having to fork out an extra £1.85 per single now that Go North East isn't around, it would seem!
I meant GNE gained nothing in operating the OK1 service - I wasn't talking about how the buses were redeployed. The customers I was referring to were those between Darlington & Tow Law.
Also, Arriva didn't lower their prices during the 6 months or so the OK1 went to Boro, so Arriva haven't exploited their monopoly since then.