(06 Jul 2021, 9:28 pm)L469 YVK wrote Stagecoach will always make money due to the demographic of most of their routes (i.e mainly City Centre).


Martijn's reasoning behind the original pre-pandemic investment and subsequent refreshes (funded by a different budget) make sense. Both will create growth.

Arriva choosing to run deckers in limp mode chasing each other through Cramlington or a tarted up B7TL will only provide a short term gain. In fact, Arriva in Blyth & Ashington will be in serious trouble if they don't improve their offering and adapt to customer expectations before BTR goes live.

Go North East bus drivers are moaning about wages which could potentially lead to strikes but you turn it onto Arriva as usual.

As a customer, I'd rather have a bus company with 10 year old totally adequate buses on, which turns up, than a bus company with brand new buses sitting in a depot somewhere because their drivers are on strike.