(04 May 2021, 7:56 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Withdraw 18 and 32/32A (replaced by GCT 18 and 32/32A, route and timetable unchanged)
Withdraw 30/31 (replaced by GCT 30/31, route and timetable unchanged)
Withdraw 87 on Sundays (replaced by re-routed 71/72).
Curtail 6 and 7 at West Denton, and no longer serve Blakelaw.
Some bus services might need to be cut because of the pandemic. Services 18, 32/32A and 87 are not well used and 30/31/32/32A could all be operated by GCT. Stagecoach could take over the Nexus 13 from GCT.
I'm confused the 30/31 is literally every 7.5 minutes and the main bus from Newcastle to Gosforth (excluding Arriva) and most of the Gosforth suburbs and got brand new Enviros like 5 year ago. Doesn't sound like a service they'd want to give up when you've got the MAN's lumping around on the X47 etc.
I never understand why people on here suggest withdrawing services for the sake of it unless you were a shareholder. For the record Stagecoach North East (excluding Teesside) makes like 10 million pound a year, they aren't going bust anytime soon. You're literally asking us to pay for it from tax payers funds for the sake of it so some shareholder can buy a new car or whatever - no thanks.