(15 Apr 2019, 1:31 pm)Rob44 wrote I've said it before and ill say it again it will be the worse thing to happen if 3 large operators become 2 giant ones. Need new blood in the north east to shake it up a bit!

I can't see it happening myself. 
Mentioned previously the issues that the competition and markets authority would potentially have.

They investigated Arriva and Northern rail and the fact there was no competition in many areas of the north. 


Regardless of that, for one large dominant company, to take over such a network as vast as Arriva's UK market - yet another example of how flawed de-regulation is?