(06 Jan 2020, 5:14 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote I think bus services are unfair, some places are 'territories' exclusively operated by a single operator, other places are dominated by an operator but have some rival operator services, and then we have places with lots of buses from lots of different operators, possibly too many buses in some cases. In the West End of Newcastle, I always found Stagecoach to be the exclusive operator, but Gosforth is actually dominated by Arriva and Denton Burn has all the big three and other services, despite being dominated by Stagecoach. Thankfully, I am therefore able to access services from all of the big three if required, although Stagecoach is the main player across the West End. Territories are ridiculous, they limit where passengers can travel without being 'disloyal' and having to pay more. Dominant is fine, if slightly inconvenient, but exclusive operations I don't like. Ideally passengers should be able to choose from the big three, not be forced to use any of them in particular.

Redcar is dominated by Arriva, both buses and trains...
It would be nice to see the X9 or X10 extended to Redcar to compete with the X3/4, and offer new direct links to Dalton Park and Newcastle...