(28 Apr 2015, 7:37 am)Multi21 wrote I found the problem with X12s for me is Low Fell - Newcastle it took me over 40 minutes to do that stretch the other day. Simple answer is throw another bus on from Durham and give the long ones more time to complete the journey
...and the X12 only gets 5 minutes more running time than GNE's X21 between Durham and Newcastle, yet the X21 doesn't stop at all between Chester and Gateshead. The X21 also gets 7 minutes layover at Newcastle, yet the X12 only gets 5 minutes? The quick solution would be make it non-stop between Chester and Gateshead, with the same timing points as the current time table for Chester, Gateshead and Newcastle. It's not like they get more than a few passengers along Durham Road, and the ones that travel from Durham are only ever going to Gateshead Interchange or Newcastle.