(19 Jan 2022, 2:26 pm)Storx wrote 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.


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

Ah okay sorry, I understand what you are saying now. I believe the 1 is subsidised between Whitley Bay and North Shields on an evening too, but I'm not 100% sure on that.  

I agree with your point, especially an operator like Gateshead Central Taxis. There seems to be a bus missing from the evening/Sunday 41/41A every time I try to catch it, to the point where I've just given up. Hopefully they manage to win them back in March but I'm very doubtful about that.