(29 Oct 2023, 1:23 pm)V514DFT wrote Personally i see GNE being royaly screwed after this, running a loss, second hand tatty vehicles, even newer vehicles falling apart, its hardly going to  give off the impression "please travel with us", Arriva wont want the 335, 351-355 , or 359 as it was them that got rid of them, which leaves Stagecoach
335 is a funny one so i'll leave this one upto you guys
351 may survive
352 withdrawn replaced with the 37 or 37 withdrawn and 352 kept increased to every 30
353 may survive if increased to every 30
354 will probably go back to the current 54 on Sundays, New York- North Shields withdrawn
355 withdrawn and replaced with the 38 in part 38A introduced full time to replace remainder of it (perhaps)
359 withdrawn

The 335, 351 and 359 will survive as they're all funded by Nexus, who by depends on who wins the next tender and if they still don't sort their crap out they might be not bidding at all.

The others who knows, I don't know why but I have a feeling they might ditch Percy Main completely before long. People in Howdon, Tynemouth and Cullercoats will all be getting accustomed to the 22, 306, 317 and Metro now. If they find out they do what they need, why bother changing back considering they're all more or the same frequency anyway. Similar with the 37, 38 and the Metro for the 35x services.

Who knows, if I Squared are feeling ambitious maybe we might see something interworking with the 57/57A at Whitley Bay, it's doable now with the 57A extension to Ashington.