(19 Jul 2023, 1:30 pm)Bazza wrote Although definitely to be seen as a threat, if you look around the area, bus services run next to other train and Metro services,  the Morpeth routes for example, and all the routes that run next to Metro lines.

Aye but the areas where the Metro's are bus services are scarse, especially in North Tyneside it's virtually a skelton service. I know other reopenings have had a massive impact and Arriva probably don't want to sell it for the value of a less busy service and a company won't want to buy it for the value of it is now. If that makes sense.