(30 Sep 2020, 8:51 am)mb134 wrote It'll likely end up being sold off bit by bit - I wouldn't be at all surprised if the North East ops got split back into Northumbria and Durham County in any sale. The culture and mindset has always seemed to differ hugely between them. 

Look at the Ashington, Blyth and Jesmond operations and imagine what someone like Alex Hornby would do with them, with Transdev behind it.

I'd quite like GNE to take back services in County Durham, despite Darlington being much closer, I'd much rather travel north using GNE than south using Arriva. On the off chance that I need to go to Middlesbrough, I'll travel to Gateshead and take the X9/X10 rather than use Arriva.

I can't even say it's because I pay for the monthly GNE pass anymore, I stopped that in March!