(16 Mar 2021, 2:05 pm)markydh wrote Just to provide devil's advocate, given the teeth gnashing, it's worth remembering that Stagecoach only have NSAs available on 20-odd deckers in Tyne & Wear.  So, frankly, not mandating such technology is as much about them as it is about the little boys.

Agreed. First up here are just as backward, the new 70 plates don't even have WiFi, let alone NSAs or USBs, and their app is beyond unreliable. The general condition of both First and Stagecoach fleets up here, in terms of technology, is very much mid-2000s standard - it makes ANEs 'MAX' brand look like the epitome of a luxury service.

I'd still take either of them over something from GCT mind, possibly quite snobby of me but I think that while we do have some very good independents in the NE, we also have some absolute cowboys.