(20 Apr 2022, 11:16 am)MurdnunoC wrote With the exception of the 22, I don't think Stagecoach are 'exploiting gaps across North Tyneside' as you claim.

The 317 is a Nexus contract, as are the 10/11 between Jarrow and North Shields. All Stagecoach have done is submitted a bid for tender and won - much like GCT have done in other areas. When they decide to offer a commercial service east of Cobalt/Silverlink, that's when you can judge the merits of their so-called expansion (and let's not forget, the extension of the 1 has already been pulled).

Didn't the 10/11 operate to Cobalt commercially? 

Appreciate they're using funding now, but there's obviously a reason they're working to bid in these areas and I can't see it being anything other than getting a foot in the door and seeing what's out there.
Exploiting the gaps left by GNE deciding to do whatever it is they're doing with Percy Main and the North Tyneside network. 
The 317 and 10/11 wouldn't exist in their current guises otherwise.

If the rest of any expansion in North Tyneside is funded, then they're still exploiting gaps.