(20 Apr 2022, 2:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote 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.

The 10/11 were funded by Cobalt when they operated peak-time services. They weren't well-used so funding was withdrawn - as were the services when the money dried up. I've also found out since my last post that both the 1 and 22 were funded by Cobalt too. The funding was pulled for the 1 and so was the extension. The 22 must be doing alright as it is still currently funded, but the extension was a result of funding, not because Stagecoach decided to exploit any gaps by operating anything commercially.

If Nexus decide to pull funding for both the 10/11 and 317, and Stagecoach decide to cancel each service as a result, which gaps are Stagecoach exploiting then? Gaps aren't currently being exploited, they are being plugged.