(19 Jan 2022, 2:09 pm)Thomas12 wrote The Little Coasters services aren't subsidised during the day, apart from the northern sections of the 42/42A. I also believe the 19 is commercial between Northumberland Park and North Shields during the day.

Apologies misworded that, that just meant in general at anytime rather than fully subsidised. I can't imagine an operator would openly let another operator run their services (badly) at night if they were top performers as seen with Arriva who suddenly decided everything could be ran by them in Durham in the end. I believe most the Arriva network is commercial now and I can't imagine the 53 and the likes making a fortune (if anything) at night - I could be wrong there but they don't seem to go up for tender.

(19 Jan 2022, 2:25 pm)soxet12 wrote I know this was said in a different thread but it's not correct. The drivers that would normally have been driving the cancelled services on the evening 1, 310 311, 18 and 19 etc are actually sat in the depot canteen for 5-6 hours doing nothing, there is usually 5 or so sat there

Ah really, honestly I'd say I'm surprised but I'm not tbh.