(25 Jan 2022, 9:29 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Sounds bleak from the way Martijn talks on that video, particularly if the public funding bail out from LAs that he seems to be relying on doesn't materialise.

Realise we don't know what the future holds for other operators but notable this will be the second round of major cuts (sounds like anyway) from GNE with Stagecoach and Arriva (as far as I'm aware) having made no substantial cuts since pre-pandemic.  I'm sure they will come for those as well in some form, but why is it GNE seem so badly affected on this compared to the other NE operators?

Go North East were in the worst position financially pre-pandemic. Post-pandemic, without CBSSG, only Stagecoach are making a profit in the North East (and a small one at that). It’s not surprising that Go North East is therefore making the biggest cuts. I think Arriva have made some fairly big cuts across the network too, but seem to ‘get away with it’ for want of a better phrase.

The cuts from other operators will come, you are correct. I have just posted earlier this evening that Nexus tenders in North Tyneside and Newcastle include services which are currently operated by Stagecoach commercially, that they intend to withdraw.


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