(22 Sep 2022, 6:51 pm)Storx wrote Personally I don't actually think Covid was here.From the reactions I see on FB it seems that people prefer CityZap than the trains which are apparently "scruffy". However I don't know if that was aimed at the 195.
It was the reduction in some fares with Northern and the brand new Class 195 trains that put the nail in imo. You can use the York to Blackpool service which takes 32 minutes (twice as quick) for £1 more paying full price off peak and if you buy advance tickets, heck even buying a ticket for 7am tomorrow now or even in 15 minutes from now it's only £6 for a single which works out the same price.
There's no reason for anyone to use it quite literally unless you like sitting on buses for the hell of it especially considering it stops nowhere between York and Leeds and arguably the train station is more central than the bus station in Leeds anyway and the Class 195 have everything you get on any bus plus a toilet, better ride, no traffic, tables and so on.
It's very different to Newcastle to Stockton / Middlesbrough up here where it's Class 156 trains and they go for a merry jaunt around the world with capacity problems.
For me I would probably pick the train as the CityZap doesn't run that late or early tbh. The train is probably more convenient I am not sure of the frequency but I am pretty sure there will be atleast 2-3x trains an hour which have plenty of carriages.