(19 Feb 2021, 11:47 pm)Drifter60 wrote Well to be fair, no matter who runs the route they’ll still need the driver to drive it, so whilst this is all speculation and conjecture, any changes permanently would be very unlikely to result in job losses.

Not sure mind, you missed the locations bit. If everything merged then something would go with the 306/308/309/310. The Q3 and 46 would likely merge. Killingworth services with Stagecoach ie X63 will be merged with the 52 and 54 etc. Gosforth services with Stagecoach and Arriva would be streamlined. The 22 and 1 between Wallsend and Newcastle will be merged and so on. The 18 and Q3 would likely become merged.

I definitely agree with him tbh, I'd be worried if everything was merged around here. Percy Main would pretty much become redundant.