(30 Jul 2024, 8:25 pm)Storx wrote Mind speaking of Nexus, there's got to be serious questions whether it should really exist at all or whether there should be a transport body for all the 7 council areas, ultimately controlled by NECA, similar to Transport For Manchester. I'm really not sure how franchising is going to work otherwise.

It still has functions as the transport authority for the 5x Tyne and Wear Councils, reporting to NECA, but I think it's looking increasingly likely that it'll be absorbed into NECA. Similar to what South and (I think?) West Yorkshire have done. The lines are becoming increasingly blurred between the two organisations now.

I think a lot of the staff are working directly for NECA at the moment, aside from Metro-related staff remaining with Nexus?