(25 Apr 2018, 7:19 pm)mb134 wrote I always thought that when Spirit were unable to operate the services anymore, NCC should have asked Arriva to step in - even if they had to be funded. I'm not overly sure how easy that would be, but surely with some financial incentive Arriva would have done so?
Anyone but PCL would suffice.
The services have loads of potential, marketed and delivered correctly, they could become the best routes in the North East, like what they used to be.