(27 May 2022, 9:21 pm)Storx wrote It'll be Arriva Durham County where the cuts will be rather than Northumbria. There's some piss poor routes down there with the 56/57/57a, 62 (Durham), some of the Darlington locals, 3 (Redcar), 81 (Redcar), the Stokesley / Great Ayton services just to pick a few.If Arriva withdrew the 57/57a, then Cassop, Quarrington Hill and Kelloe would all be left without a bus service.
The 51/51A is already paid by Nexus and always has been if I'm right.
If they withdrew the 56, then Coundon would only have a bus service to Bishop Auckland town centre on an evening, and Cornforth would be left with only 5 buses a day on a weekday and none at all on a Saturday.
Despite Arriva's mediocrity, I'd argue that it's better for places to have an unreliable bus service than barely any or none at all.