(26 Dec 2025, 10:02 pm)Storx wrote That was the last year GoNorthEast ran it commercially wasn't it? Sure Arriva did that year aswell, or they did in the Northumbria area one year anyway.
Both haven't since, as far as I'm aware, sure it was all Nexus funded today, hence ending on the boundaries in multiple places.
Obviously Arriva don't want people using the subsidised services today in Northumbria either as they ran 'No Service' which probably explains the dire loads - https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/seasonal-bus...d-new-year (click on Newcastle).
Yes it was 2019 when Arriva Northumbria ran their own services on Boxing Day out of Jesmond.
(26 Dec 2025, 10:14 pm)Ds1197 wrote Durham county council don't fund services on boxing days anymore so North Star running M43 could've been a commercial risk I'm not sure how many people used it that's also the reason for the early turn rounds
M43 was commercially operated.