(04 Dec 2022, 11:06 am)Unber43 wrote Yes, but for the X45/X30/X31 interwork a 30 min layover in Stanley would be great, they're constantly 20 mins late leaving Consett to head to Newcastle, even worse coming back to Consett a 30 min at Stanley would be ideal so they will leave on time.As peverse as it sounds, would it not make sense then to take the Stanley/Lanchester part off the 6 and extend the X30/X31 once an hour? That would give the X30/X31/X45 cycle an extra bus and an extra 15/20 mins to play with assuming a round trip between Stanley and Lanchester can be done in 40 to 45 mins?
imo X45 should be a PVR 6 with a large layover, or just increase it to every 20 mins, it doesn't get delays due it being dead I can tell you that, or traffic I was on one yesterday, it arrived in Consett 2 mins late, left 15 mins late.
RE: Reversing the decline in passenger numbers