(25 Apr 2021, 4:21 pm)L469 YVK wrote But no doubt longer term there will be reductions given the change in travel patterns. Gone are the days of Smartie seat Palatines or Cityzens leaking water.
A permanent reduction to the X21 & X22 but with "other" benefits thrown in would be sensible. All boils down to good marketing and how it's sold to the customers.
Take GNE's X11.......relatively new concept (with some history) and marketed correctly on social media. Not just the usual "Service changes from xxxxxx" that Arriva stick on with a mere few weeks until the changes.
Btw you do realise that the X20 originally started in Newbiggin and it got dropped because no-one used it then the X20 got extended to Alnwick after because no-one used the X20 either.
https://web.archive.org/web/201205291215...px?id=9910 - The original timetable, there's no demand for it.