Yeah, GNE are not the white knight some on here would have you believe. They’ve probably done more damage to the network in Tyne and Wear than any other operator going but hey erm...NSA and erm...an app.
I know we have lots of younger members here who perhaps aren’t paying tax yet or not quite fully in the big world but I want my local authority paying the bare minimum of my taxes for the best option available and of course th3y make a profit too. They are a farm foods to a Waitrose. Of course in an ideal world we’d want the best at any price but the country can’t afford it and won’t pay for it.
GCT provide employment not only in buses but through taxi and courier divisions, they operate truly essential community services and at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer. They don’t have WiFi, they don’t have NSAs but they have a bus with wheels on a route where it’s needed and valued and that’s something none of the big 3 had or were willing to offer.
They aren’t perfect but no company is even those who made £408m on regional bus route profit last year
RE: Gateshead Central Taxis
Wistfully stuck in the 90s