(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).
If what has been tendered is "more of the same" then I think its a big opportunity missed by Nexus and the operators to reorganise services in North Tyneside.
The only salvageable thing for North Tyneside is a big push by all parties to sell the North Tyneside smartzone ticket to highlight a level of intergration.
Otherwise it won't matter what Stagecoach or GNE do as on road competition is effectively dead.