(13 Mar 2020, 7:09 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I have a feeling Weardale isn't going to last much longer. From what I heard they lost quite a bit of income with GNE no longer using the Crook depot, and they lost out on quite a number of school contracts this year.
If they have to start cancelling their holidays they'll be a bit buggered
Think providing they don't have too many issues with this, Weardale will survive. Here's hoping that with them having more space at Crook they go for some more tendered services in County Durham the next time they are up for grabs.
(13 Mar 2020, 9:35 pm)Adrian wrote Brilliant! Exactly what any business that has direct face-to-face contact with customers should be doing, if only to reassure people that they're doing everything they possibly can.
Although it didn't go anywhere near as far as this, LNER put a brief email statement out earlier. I don't think any of the bus operators up here have, but I did ask Arriva and Go North East earlier, only to be ignored.
Many of the independents in Yorkshire have suggested that passengers pay their fares via contactless payments on service work although they're still accepting cash payments and also stated that they are taking extra measures to clean their buses.