(07 Apr 2022, 9:12 pm)Unber43 wrote I think SC will leave Sunderland/Hartlepool. 

Potenially for GNE to have a massive takeover. As there are no links Between Sunderland and Hartlepool which makes really no sense.

Stagecoach Cleveland and Stagecoach Busways are two separate networks ran by the same management. The networks have never been connected and it wouldn't make any sense for them being connected either.

It's no different to Arriva North East and Arriva Yorkshire which are the same management.

No way will they leave Sunderland though. Stagecoach Busways is supposedly the second most profitable operating area after Manchester and the competition regulator would block it either way. South Shields and Hartlepool are the two weak Stagecoach areas up here.