(26 Jul 2026, 1:37 pm)deanmachine wrote Because rather than Go North East taking the massive profits from the 21 and giving it directly to it's owners, it'll be reinvested in the bus network to pay for the smaller routes. Copy and Paste for the other operators and their profit making routes, especially Stagecoach's in Newcastle and Sunderland.
Operators already cross-subsidise services. They just don't (can't) tell anybody.