(18 Feb 2022, 9:48 pm)L469 YVK wrote The 317 going to Stagecoach will be the start of the end of GNE's 1. All Stagecoach need now is the 22 extended via the 1 route to Whitley Bay every 20 mins (with the other every 20 mins to Cobalt).
tbh I don't even think they need to. The Arriva 306 is already a big blow for them and Arriva on the Coast offer all the destinations that GNE offer now plus a lot more. The 306 is effectively the 309/310 to Newcastle and the 308 covers the Blyth side, there's literally nothing else. Not to mention the brand new Metro trains coming soon aswell which serve most the route.
Be interesting to see who's won the 1 evening contract aswell as if someone else has it, that won't help either. If the 1 dies then Percy Main is finished imo, the Coast Road services aren't enough for a depot.