(26 Dec 2025, 10:36 pm)Jimmi wrote Yes it was 2019 when Arriva Northumbria ran their own services on Boxing Day out of Jesmond. 

M43 was commercially operated.

I guess Northstar, with the subsidies they receive to run their usual services, can afford the occasional gamble on a commercial service. I do wish they would lose the Arriva like colours. Awful !