(26 Jan 2022, 3:55 pm)Storx wrote Yeah totally agreed and it helps imo as it means people know what they're getting but with some tweaks here and there to help people get around; 22 to Cobalt for example. Obvious some would say they're stuck in a network from 10 year ago which is probably true aswell and don't go where they want to go but it's a risk changing things as if it goes wrong then people won't be too keen to return.

It'll be interesting to see what happens in County Durham if similar cuts are made as the council down there aren't as open as subsidising things as Nexus are in general.

I think the SNE network works as it does, cos it doesn't take someone an hour plus to get to work or the shops. 
They can get from a - b pretty easily.

Using Newcastle as an example. 
Newburn to Quorum. 
Killingworth to the Business Park... You get the gist.

The footprint of the network is pretty small vs ANE or GNE and if someone does need to change buses, they're not sitting there for the best part of an hour on the first leg.

It's stable because it works.

However, when you compare it to Shields, Sunderland and Hartlepool, I'm not sure I am of the same opinion.

I've kept quiet on these rumoured changes on purpose. It's well documented what I think GNE do and don't need to do. They're seemingly sticking with the slashing method and I'm not convinced it's the right method.