(19 Oct 2022, 7:45 am)54APhotography wrote Hodgsons and Weardale best placed for the Spennymoor/Bishop services, the 115 in particular carries few, but works with the 111. Possible Sprinter territory. Perhaps GCT might aim for the north west Durham operations off their park and ride pool..
Going off the Durham bus timetable site, this is supposedly who has what of the County Durham tenders.
9 - Weardale
35A - Hodgsons
40/40A/41 - Gateshead Central Taxis
42 - Gateshead Central Taxis
47 - Gateshead Central Taxis
52/53 - Gateshead Central Taxis
59 - Arriva (running as 58)
61/62 - Gateshead Central Taxis
70/71/72 - Hodgsons
74/83 - Hodgsons
81/89 - Hodgsons
84/84A/85/95/96 - Weardale (with revised timetable)
99 - Weardale
104 - Hodgsons
108/109 - Weardale (service is reportedly revised in some form, ignore the DCC timetable as it's an old Scarlet Band one)
111/115 - Weardale
113 - Hodgsons
239 - Arriva (running as X21)
PR1/PR2 - Gateshead Central Taxis
The site is also listing the Aycliffe Town Bus 17 as being ran by Scarlet Band (alongside many of the previously awarded contracts to SB) but now also have timetables with the new awardees except the 17, can only assume its either not yet been awarded or Hodgsons are retaining it.
112 is commercially operated so unless DCC step in to fund it, it will not be running beyond next Friday.
The future of the 16 in Darlington is currently unknown although its being said that its not running after next week but unsure if the service has a future with another company despite the service recently gaining funding for another 2 years. The 16 is not operating this week due to "unforseen circumstances" but will apparently be running for its finial week of service next week according to Connect Tees Valley.
*have omitted some from the list such as Crook 84 & Bishop 87 which retain current operators or had previously been awarded. Unsure on works services such as 945/952/969.