(15 Jan 2022, 7:11 pm)Train8261 wrote If nexus actually cared they would have sorted something out with the entire network with gne and gct but won't

(15 Jan 2022, 7:45 pm)Storx wrote They're all subsidised the local services in North Tyneside mostly.

Imo Nexus and local bus companies really need to sit down and plan something with them long term even franchising the lot on a longer basis and try and create some form of low budget network.

The 11, 11 (SNE), 12, 18, 19, 32/32A, 33, 41, 42/42A, 51/51A, 333, 335, 59, W1, W3 and the rest I've no doubt missed all should be part of it as they're not working currently and the yearly contracts going to whoever bids lowest doesn't help them neither. 

They'll never be profitable by any means but they could at least be useful and actually exist in the real world as half of them are impossible to find timetables online pretty much or have multiple operators with different ticket rules etc.

Completely agree that the network needs sorting out, will give Nexus some credit for not giving up completely and still put a lot of funding into services in the area. You would hope that with the network review happening later this year similar to the one down in Oxford that it will provide an opportunity to clean up services in the area. I agree some longer term contracts and awarding them on a basis other than lowest bidder would be preferable. Interestingly some of those nexus contracts were due to be re-awarded but this has been cancelled...hopefully a sign of some change to come.