(16 Nov 2013, 2:15 pm)andreos1 wrote Ah man, wish Arriva worked on Boxing Day.
GNE have picked, chosen and decided which routes they are running - only missing out some villages and towns.

Whereas Arriva aren't bothering at all.

They could have gone for the juggular and launched some new Christmas services in the areas GNE don't see fit - keeping them into the New Year so that passengers benefited from competition AND they could have ran their existing services into Newcastle (and the Metrocentre if they hadn't bailed) - which would have been packed with football supporters and bargain hunters!