(08 Jan 2022, 9:49 pm)Bazza wrote How has todays GNE services compared with the other operators today?

I had a look at Stagecoach South Shields earlier as their socials indicated missing trips on the high frequency town routes - based on bustimes there appeared to be between 3 and 10 journeys dropped on each over the course of the day.  Most were a single journey missed in an otherwise normal Saturday timetable (so markedly better offter than GNE) though there were a couple of examples of consecutive runs missed creating bigger 'holes' in the timetable. 

Hard to compare like for like with GNE, though I do tend to favour the Stagecoach approach of seeking to concentrate the disrupton to the higher frequency runs so the impact is less significant (10, 11, 12, X20, 30 all appeared to be unaffected).  A similar strategy seemed to be in place in Newcastle with higher frequency routes carrying the gaps as opposed to like likes of 18, 32, X78, X82 etc.  Of course it could be argued that the higher frequency routes are busier and one being missing more likely to cause overcrowding...though I've seen no mention on socials for Stagecoach or other operators the kind of clearly overcrowded buses reported with GNE today.