(09 Aug 2024, 11:54 am)busmanT wrote I suspect that GNE isn't the only large operator getting BSIP funding to increase frequencies in urban areas.

Whether a service gets BSIP funding isn't up to the operator - it's a Local Authority decision.
The LAs musn't believe that there is a general issue with towns/villages which have poor evening and weekend services or they would allocate BSIP funding. 

Could you point to where I was saying it was down to GNE? There's no need to get defensive. 

The point is that the public are subsidising one of the busiest routes in the region. Myself and others have frequently criticised the use of BSIP funding in the North East, this is yet another example. 

You evidently don't have a very good grasp on the state of public transport in the North East if you think that there aren't towns and villages with poor evening and weekend services.