(15 Jan 2022, 3:30 pm)L469 YVK wrote If Arriva's new "electric / minibus hub" becomes a reality, could GNE not do a deal with Arriva by giving the North Tyneside minibus network to Arriva (bar the 19) in return for getting joint operation of the 685?
Would kill two birds with a stone as the local minibus services would better fill Arriva's strategy whereas they'd offload the 685 and allow GNE to jointly run it from Hexham depot.
Why would Arriva want the minibus network in North Tyneside they're unprofitable routes centred around Wallsend which they don't even serve.
Arriva wouldn't want them for free nevermind giving a route up for them.