(12 Aug 2023, 10:23 am)Bazza wrote You’d think that if a deal was on the cards the shedding of those routes would be accounted for or even a pre requisite of the deal. 

I’m led to believe the the Northumbria division is one of the better performing parts, so I don’t know why it couldn’t or wouldn’t be bought alone

Realistically though if it is one of the better performing divisions, and DB want to sell as a whole package, then they're probably not going to sell it individually as it would weaken the group as a whole - and so DB would find it even harder to get a buyer?

On the First Group rumours, as someone who has lived in a city predominantly served by First and looking back on how they operated the services, I'd take Arriva running my local services over them in a heartbeat.