(23 Mar 2019, 12:15 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote So does that mean GNE are retaining the daytime Nexus contract for the Docks area then from May?

The daytime service is commercially-operated by Go North East (and has been since the introduction of the 33 via The Docks). This is why Stagecoach withdrew their Nexus-secured 5/5A services at the time. It's only the evening journeys, that run as service 8, which are secured by Nexus.