(Yesterday, 9:57 am)Storx wrote The 63 is surely the most profitable bus route down there? It has Linthorpe Road and James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough which are the sort of things which make them a gold mine.
It's one of the most frequent bus routes in the North East, assuming the 10 minute frequence not temporary 15 minute service.
Excluding any of the legacy Stagecooach / Busways' routes (i.e 39/40, 62/63) - Arriva's 308 was likely the second most profifable behind GNE's 21 in the North East before covid.
If you look at Arriva Northumbria, their likely most profitable routes (or sections for longer journeys) are:
- 306/308
- X10/X11
- X21/X22
- 43/44/45
- X14/X15/X16/X18 - Ncl > Morpeth
- X15/X18 - Ncl > Alnwick