(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352 withdrawn replaced with the 37 or 37 withdrawn and 352 kept increased to every 30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354 will probably go back to the current 54 on Sundays, New York- North Shields withdrawn
355 withdrawn and replaced with the 38 in part 38A introduced full time to replace remainder of it (perhaps)
359 withdrawn

By no means a service suggestion (before anyone jumps to move it) but if GNE were to axe anything....

- PM Closed
- 307/309 & 327 move to Riverside
- 335, 351, 359 down to Nexus although tender can change.

1:
- Withdrawn.
- 97 possibly re-introduced.
- Stagecoach potentially introduce a 22A or 23 doing Throckley > Newcastle then 1 route to Whitley Bay every 20 mins.

352:
- Withdrawn, already covered by 37.

353:
- Withdrawn by GNE, possibly picked up every 30 mins by Stagecoach......or Arriva take it back if capacity freed up at Blyth/Ashington owing to ABTRL and possible PVR reductions as a result.

354:
- Withdrawn.
- Whitley Bay > Killingworth covered by 359.
- X63 effectively other than the Killingworth circle possibly mirrors the old 54/56/356 via Longbenton, South Gosforth and Gosforth.

355:
- Withdrawn.
- Covered by 38 as alternative.
- Matthew Bank possibly covered by Arriva making the X7/X8 serve all stops.