(13 Feb 2024, 10:04 pm)Dan wrote Hopefully they are sustainable and there is no need for a cliff edge once the funding is no longer available to be spent.

Track records would suggest otherwise - there's something of a familiar pattern which tends to repeat itself that when any of this kick start type funding dries up or looks set to, operators don't hesitate in slashing frequencies, severing connections and in some cases abandoning entire services.  Not only GNE by any means, though they have arguably been the most blatant in recent years ("Fit for the future", anyone?)