(01 Sep 2013, 5:18 pm)dav06295 wrote NEW NORTHUMBIRAN EXPRESS SERVICE X11 (MONDAY - SATURDAY DAYTIME EVERY 2 HOURS / EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS EVERY 3 HOURS BETWEEN YORK AND MIDDLESBROUGH WITH JOURNEYS CONTINUING AS SERVICE X10 TO NEWCASTLE.
- LEEDS BUS STATION - YORK RAILWAY STATION - MIDDLESBROUGH BUS STATION - ELDON SQUARE BUS STATION. BUSES WILL NOT STOP AT ANY OTHER POINTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FEEDER JOURNEYS ON SERVICE X10 THAT WILL SERVE THE CURRENT X10 STOPS ON EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS BETWEEN MIDDLESBROUGH AND NEWCASTLE. SERVICE X11 WILL RUN HOURLY MONDAY TO FRIDAY PEAK TIME BETWEEN MIDDLESBROUGH AND NEWCASTLE.
LEEDS TO YORK: 40 MINUTES
YORK TO MIDDLESBROUGH: 1HR 2 MINUTES
MIDDLESBROUGH TO NEWCASTLE : 49 MINUTES
Nice idea in theory, how practical it may be I do not know, as has been pointed out Stagecoach currently run the Megabus as do Nat X. I reckon if it ever were to happen GNE would have to setup a dedicated coach service along the lines of Megabus, how would GNE manage this, the train is relatively cheap if you know what ticket to look for, Megabus is next to nowt, so if GNE decided to put long distances on, how do you price, do it as a loss leader or yield management of whatever the term is?
Then, why serve Middlesbrough when Megabus calls there, would it not be better to run such a service through CLS, Durham and Darlington where Megabus doesnt currently serve