(08 Jun 2022, 12:58 pm)L469 YVK wrote NF has already had some experience overseeing a rebuild after cuts, okay not to this extent but when Arriva scaled back the 2010 "big change" in 2012 then slowly rebuilt over the years after.

The local services are going to be hard to rebuild.

Surely it's the longer distance services, like the X45/X46, that are going to be harder to rebuild - these relied on commuters and shoppers to Newcastle/Metrocentre.
The X45/X46 will have been cut from combined 15 to 20 to 30 minute frequency in a matter of 12 months, clearly showing that the long distance services are the worst hit.
Ditto the X30/X31 and X70/71/72. 
By comparison local services such as the 33, 34, 51/52 are very busy.