(10 Feb 2026, 8:59 pm)Dan wrote The cooling-off period hasn’t finished yet.
Cancellations will all be at full registration notice, with registrations at short-notice once the cooling-off period has ended and contracts formally awarded.
Until then, it’s a waiting game to see what is re-registered! Anything can change during this period after the provisional winning tenderers are announced.
Pleased to see the good reviews re service delivery on 599 though. The guys try their best and, despite running with older vehicles, it must be one of Nexus’ best-performing contracts for lack of lost mileage. Passenger numbers have considerably increased since it first started operating and I’d like to think that reliability is a key player in that. Anecdotally there are now customers who show loyalty to the 599 over the 8, citing Go North East’s poor reliability as their reasoning for choosing to travel on the Northstar service.
I hope GCT decide not to run it.
Honestly, I've only ever came out of work once, where its ran late.
Its good to read that passenger numbers have increased over the 2 years of it running, normally you find contracted services don't do well.
I wonder if NEXUS would risk a later service or even a Sunday service?
Thing is, Northstar have gained loyal customers due to the good reliability, decent drivers and tbf, decent buses but if it goes to GCT.. I have a feeling it'll be ran to the ground and the allocation will be a bread van meaning GNE might win those passengers back on the 8, 35 and 36.