(17 Dec 2022, 6:11 pm)Andreos1 wrote Reducing fleet size has gone on for years. I'd argue it's not done anything other than weaken operations.

It's almost like a tory austerity dogma. Cut, cut and cut some more and assume there's growth to be made at some point.
And if there's not. Cut again.

It can't continue. Something has to stop and I hope that growth you mention, happens soon. For the sake of those who don't drive and those who see public transport as a lifeline to the outside world.

Just need Go North East, Stagecoach, Arriva, Independent Operators, Nexus and Local Councils to sit around a table and get rid of the duplication along various corridors in the region to bring about a more stabilised network of services as lot of them could be merged into others offering alternative links for local communities which would go along way in solving this "Driver Shortage" situation.