(13 Sep 2023, 8:13 pm)j986986 wrote The 354 is pretty well used and provides links from Killingworth and Shiremoor to Gosforth and South Gosforth.
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It wasn't a profitable route under Arriva though hence the decimation by the end, see below.
(13 Sep 2023, 8:15 pm)Adrian wrote Nothing should be cancelled outright. Get a grip on the recruitment and retention issues instead.
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Agreed but when you're having the problems like now, running services which duplicate other routes (354/359 and 37/352) it's arguably better to get arid of them especially when they're operationally out of your core area. Damage limitation etc.
Riverside is the problem depot though and has been for awhile and they can't seem to ever solve it. It's the partial reason for this since Percy Main are having to deal with the 97 because of their issues and it all goes back to the complete mishandling of Chester Le Street which shot them in the foot.