(28 Apr 2015, 5:20 pm)aureolin wrote ...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.
Have noticed in the past that the 21 can quite easily keep up with the X12 all the way from Newcastle to Durham if the latter doesn't make any attempt to get past the 21 when it's in front. The 21 gets more time than the X12, too!