(25 Jul 2025, 2:08 pm)L469 YVK wrote If Arriva were to attack any GNE operations using knowledge, it would be County Durham.

GNE have don't have a stronghold outside of East Durham, Derwentside or Chester Le Street.

Something against the X10 & X21 maybe if GNE don't pull their socks up? Arriva have depots in Belmont and Stockton which could easily provide suitable bases for competition on both routes.

Realistically though, he's MD of UK Bus. Bar maybe having the ambition to grow each of the local operating companies, I doubt he'll have a wall chart in his office dedicated to ending GNE. 

It would probably need quite a shift in approach from local management to even consider it, and given the ageing fleet, would need some hefty investment (particularly for an X10 competitor in your example).