(12 Jan 2019, 1:17 pm)JP6004 wrote The night bus version looks quite smart. But after 10 years of association and integration, would a complete overhaul of the brand have the desired effect of patronage?
I think the only way to successfully implement such a change would be to overhaul the route as well such as introducing an X56 to enable faster journey times between Newcastle and Sunderland or a limited stop between Concord and Sunderland during the day
I quite like the X24 for that, but it perhaps works because its a completely new route, rather than trying to change an existing. That is the only way you could really introduce an X56, because you'd create capacity issues either on Old Durham Road in Gateshead or on the Southwick side in Sunderland, depending on which side you looked at to try and speed up journey times.