(03 May 2023, 6:17 pm)RobinHood wrote A qualifying agreement doesn't set single or return fares and it would not pass the competition test if it did. Unfortunately, not going to happen as the CMA won't allow it.

Well technically, there's already other competition or alternative services not covered by the QA..

- Nearby metro services (if applicable)
- Arriva 51 (NCL > High Farm) - Not part of QA
- Stagecoach 38 (NCL > Corner House / Heaton)
- Stagecoach 22 (Cobalt, Silverlink and Willington Square)
- GNE 41/41A - Hadrian Park, Battle Hill and High Farm
- GNE 1 - Chirton, North Shields and the Coast
- Arriva 54 - Cobalt to Whitley Bay
- Stagecoach 317 - North Shields to Whitley Bay
- Nexus 335 - High Farm to North Shields
- Arriva X7 - Seaton Sluice to Blyth
- Arriva 'X' routes - Blyth to Newcastle