(18 Feb 2026, 12:22 pm)Storx wrote Personally don't see the issue with GCT. There's much worse operators around like Arriva and GoNorthEast who have both struggled to operate their network pretty much since COVID, on and off and a large chunk of these routes bar the 3 Stagecoach ones are their routes anyway which they binned 

Gateshead Central doesn’t have a network, it’s an entirely tendered operation. Not saying it’s all drivers but there is a number of drivers who quite often put fares into their own pockets. Timing points are mild suggestions in a lot of cases and they’ve a habit of bidding for more work than they can feasibly operate (32 being case in point). GCT is a very delicate operation on the bus side and all it wouldn’t take much for their entire operation to cease.