(22 Dec 2025, 9:55 pm)L469 YVK wrote I think GNE have bigger problems than a few upstart companies.

If the Coast Road Agreement is coming to an end, Arriva have 31 vehicles on order and could easily divert resource to wipe GNE's Percy Main operation out.

All it would take is the 306/308 restored to pre-covid frequency and the 308 re-routed via Battle Hill Drive - meaning a 7/8 minute frequency vs GNE's 10 minute frequency and a quicker route missing High Farm. There's no commercial room for 'both' operators to be running separate 7-8 minute frequencies along the Coast Road in the current climate like before covid.

The last thing we want is anymore buses along Battle Hill Drive what we really need is an express service like what the 44 did until the decimation of services in 2010. the 306 from Marden is an absolute joke taking the best part of an hour to get to Newcastle.