(22 Nov 2015, 11:25 pm)ifm001 wrote Just been reading the comments on the photo. Asking what stagecoach or arriva would use if they had the contract.
II can confirm that Royal Mail do pay for these seasonal services. Stagecoach used to have the contract but I think it was 2007 when I moved the contract to Go North East.
Stagecoach used any double deckers at the time and was classed as additional X1 journeys.
If you have read this post clearly. You will see that I quoted " I moved the contract"
At the time I was the manager responsible for this Christmas working and GNE offered me a substantial lower price for the service as opposed to previous with Stagecoach. Was a no brainer to move to GNE.
Not sure what they pay now. I left the company in 2009 but it won't be that much different
Quite concerning to see them bid for a contract and then (according to the comments on the Flickr link), run it in a fashion that would suggest it wasn't much of a priority.