(19 Jun 2025, 6:35 pm)MurdnunoC wrote You haven't identified a gap though, have you?

All you've done is suggest another service on a corridor already served by anywhere from three to seven buses per hour whilst fantasising about the kind the buses you'd like to see allocated.

You could have just said "Well done, Dan. Hope it goes well", but you've, yet again, attempted to turn this open forum into a vehicle where realistic discussion is drowned out by your imaginary ramblings.

Keep it real.

GNE are getting caught red handed!

The Tyne Valley (Low Prudhoe, Crawcrook, Ryton and Stella) hasn't had a fast service since the 604/11 were withdrawn, nor a direct link to Newcastle Business Park and even more so given that the 12 now only runs every 30 minutes.

GNE have p****d around with one of their flagship services, only increasing it to every 12 minutes as of late......not forgetting the aging B9TLs and engineering issues.

Passengers along the Tyne Valley corridor have always been appreciative of experienced local drivers giving a good service and Northstar could easily so that.

In fact with the fare caps and gap between single operator / multi operator ticketing reducing, commercial opportunities if carefully executed will become more viable.

If Northstar couldn't sustain an evening or Sunday service for instance, that multi operator ticket will work fine on a GNE service running at those times, whilst benefiting from a more convenient Northstar service at other times.