(27 Jul 2016, 11:28 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote Over the time of the service, I have used the service at different times in the afternoon through to the Evening Peak, And while its obvious that passenger number's are lesser outside the peaks, Why use that data to contribute to the full axing of that route when passenger numbers are higher in the peaks?They use that data because it would be wrong not to - only around 6 (maybe even 5 or 4) hours of a day are classed as 'peak' hours. While the journeys during this time get busy, it is no justification to continue operating the service, even just for them.
I just want to touch upon the e-petition actually (I know it hasn't been mentioned in the above post): I was watching The Wright Stuff yesterday morning (yes, there really wasn't anything else on) and one of the segments that they had was asking if e-petitions were any good. A caller in this part openly admitted that they had 3 different emails for their own reasons which is fine, they then admitted to signing 1 e-petition with all 3 adresses. Do we not think this is how the petition on the withdrawl of the 11 has got as many signature? Otherwise, there'd be an 11 service to Newcastle from Blackhall Mill every 30 minutes.