(29 Dec 2021, 2:47 pm)Dan wrote It's sad that you weren't able to think of any of these - arguably Go North East has done a lot more than other operators in the area, although Stagecoach's extension of service 22 to Cobalt (initially received kick-start funding from Cobalt, I understand) and introduction of service X24 deserve a mention. Clearly in a post-Covid world, service 22 probably isn't commercially viable anymore, with the number of people actually working in the office at Cobalt.

It's swings and roundabouts. The GNE route thay the 22 did the most damage to was the 1.

And although dinted the 309/X39 slightly, actually gave GNE the opportunity to streamline the Coast Road with all services going to Haymarket. GNE are now the stronger operator on the Coast Road especially given that they're now offering a more frequent evening & Sunday service than Arriva (bar the temporary withdrawal of evening 311's to protect staffing levels whilst demand will naturally be lower during January).