(23 May 2016, 10:10 pm)Arcticrossy92 wrote I can't see them changing the X30 back to its old route. Since the Stanley changes came in, it would appear to me that having the X30 service split into 2 services works better!
The 30 seems to get full loadings a lot of the time heading up to Stanley.
The X30 being A single decker and being re routed seems to also give it decent loadings.
Personally I would say the X30 picks up more passengers in around Whickham & Dunston on the way to Newcastle, compared to the passenger loads at Stanley.
I would love to know if the Stanley changes have made A difference across the board, especially when management look at the figures etc of passenger numbers and overall profitability compared to the old system.
I wouldn't say the services I used are any more reliable than they used to be but they are more frequent though!
I haven't used the services since the changes, but the thing that jumped out at the time of the changes and in your post - is consolidation and cost savings.
Whether overall divisional or service profits are up and more passengers are travelling between the two points or not, will be amongst the things they should be looking at.
It is OK reports coming back stating the X30 has more passengers, now it goes through Whickham and Dunston - but are they existing passengers like yourself (who used the original), passengers from services that have been cancelled AND new passengers? Or just the first two?