(21 Apr 2020, 12:45 pm)Andreos1 wrote Why would it be reinstated?

It contradicts their whole operational and business model to have the likes of the 35 serve several key points.
It would spread loads thinly across a number of services, rather than concentrated on a bulk network.

What might be better for passengers, isn't necessarily what's best for the operator and that could be why numbers continue to fall. 
But I think that's for a whole other topic/thread.

I never said they should reinstate link, I was pointing out the reasons why this part of the route was cut. If there's no demand, then no point operating that section of the route.

Analysis using current methods seem to reconfirm there is no demand for the previous route to be reinstated. Therefore the methods they used 10yrs ago were pretty accurate in measuring passenger numbers. We probably will never see the backlash to such changes again since there is now hard data to justify any changes