(28 Jul 2024, 5:36 pm)cbma06 wrote Not necessarily, any bus operator in the UK etc.. can bid for the Northumberland, if Northstar gets a big financial backing there could bid and win those routes in Northumberland, or Northstar could gain running Sunderland services from the Wheatsheaf depot, Stagecoach could lose areas in Tyne and Wear etc…., too much ifs and buts, it will be a canny few years yet.


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Is this depot currently Stagecoach? Surely if north star won several routes in Sunderland they would have to find there own storage or are you suggesting they would lease space from Stagecoach?  I assume stagecoach own the land and they have made there millions by just giving stuff away?

I would assume Most route would be won by current operator as the have lowest overheads as already based in the area.  Maybe the 44,45,43 arriva routes could be run by stagecoach or GNE 9 God forbid) as they have garages near the start of the route.  

Unless of course company's factor in dead mileage into the tender which I would think would make them more expensive again?