North East bus cuts 'tsunami' put on hold – but it's too late for Newcastle and North Tyneside routes

A new government funding pledge has given some services a temporary reprieve, but cuts already planned for the end of this month will not be stopped

A “tsunami” of cuts to bus services for most of the North East is on hold for now – but passengers in Newcastle and North Tyneside will not be so lucky.

It has been expected that the region’s bus operators would be making major cutbacks to routes across the area, equating to up to 17% of their mileage, due to a funding crisis amid reduced passenger numbers caused by the pandemic. But many under-threat routes appear to have been given a temporary stay of execution, after a new government funding announcement earlier this month.

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Does this mean the cuts to Sunderland and Gateshead service won’t be going through until October?


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