(19 Jun 2025, 10:02 pm)L469 YVK wrote 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The Tyne Valley (Low Prudhoe, Crawcrook, Ryton and Stella) hasn't had a fast service since the 604/11 were withdrawn, nor a direct link to Newcastle Business Park and even more so given that the 12 now only runs every 30 minutes.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.
The quality of service (or lack thereof) provided by Go North East in the Tyne Valley is a topic which should be confined to GNE section of the forum as Northstar do not currently operate services in the area.
The solutions you propose belong in the Fictional Services thread, because that's what they are at this stage, works of fiction.