(14 Jun 2022, 7:13 am)busmanT wrote No-one seems to worry about Stagecoach ceasing commercial operation of the 18, 32/A & 35 in Newcastle and then getting paid by Nexus to keep running them.
Indeed almost all of the Stagecoach expansion in recent times has been funded by Nexus - cross Tyne 10/11 and 317.
You're not sticking to the script, busmanT! Stagecoach's withdrawal of commercial bus services and retention of these services under contract to Nexus/winning other operators' contracts is them finding gaps in the market, not getting paid to run a bus service on behalf of the local authority!