Angry council leaders have warned that a “decimation” of the North East’s vital bus network is now imminent.
The region’s privately-owned bus companies are shortly expected to confirm severe cuts to many routes, amid a major funding crisis as emergency Covid bailout funding from the government comes to an end.
Tyne and Wear’s five local councils announced on Tuesday that they would now reluctantly agree to an “unprecedented” £4m funding increase to Metro operator Nexus, in order to avoid even deeper blows to the area’s public transport services.
