(02 Jan 2020, 2:47 pm)Andreos1 wrote https://twitter.com/alextransdev/status/...07169?s=19
An interesting thread regarding Sunday services within Harrogate.
I think the issue is that operators are still treating Sundays as if everybody just stays stays at home and watches Songs of Praise, when in reality for most people now a Sunday is just a normal day (The same reason I think we need the Sunday Trading Act abolished)
On a Sunday, the shops at Tindale Crescent are absolutely packed, yet GNE don't bring the X21 down here on a Sunday. It's very rare to find any shops that aren't open on Sundays now, so how are people supposed to get to work? It's alright running services at a lower frequency, but not running services at all on a Sunday makes no sense to me
I was also very surprised to find out that the Durham P&R doesn't operate at all on a Sunday!
Regarding the free transport, the only reason it's viable for them is because they're running electrics with very low running costs. The sponsors they have are probably contributing a lot less than you think. I'd imagine their main cost on a Sunday would actually be the drivers