(16 May 2022, 11:10 pm)busmanT wrote I think most of them will go ahead, as Nexus/Durham are very unlikely to replace them on a like for like basis. If Go North East, with its branding, website, app etc. can’t attract enough passengers then local authorities never will.With no disrespect intended…to what point does a website or app attract passengers? Outside of ye olde North East most areas have moved onto contactless and away from operator bound apps. The GNE website by the way is dreadful unless you can navigate the many puff piece news articles.
Perhaps the 29 will remain largely unchanged route, and perhaps with evening and Sunday journeys added.
if it’s like the Newcastle/North Tyneside changes, Nexus will change/withdraw many of their existing secured services as well in order to fund the replacement services. The 23 seems a likely candidate to go, as it’s in Birtley where the 25, 28 & 82 will all need replacing. The 73 is already duplicated by the 8 for most of the route so must be another candidate for being withdrawn.
and branding….I mean if anything proves branding is an unmitigated disaster it’s these changes.