Why is Arriva running the service 5 and 7 now?
The council awarded secured services contracts to Arriva, who will operate service 5 and the Sunday to Thursday evening service 7, along with a number of other secured services, from Sunday 23 August 2009. 8. Which other services will not be run by Stagecoach from 23nd August 2009? As a result of Council contract changes the following routes will no longer be operated by Stagecoach North East: Services 20 (afternoon journeys only), 456,822,823,824,826,828,829 and 980. 9. Will I be able to use my Megarider or other Stagecoach ticket on the new Arriva services? Unfortunately, Stagecoach North East travel tickets including Megariders, Dayriders and Uniriders, will not be valid on journeys operated by other bus companies. 10. I can’t get my bus from the same stop, why? As a result of the network improvements there may be some customers that have to board a service at a different bus stop. However, the simplified network has increased the frequency of most of our services enabling many more
