(28 Oct 2023, 8:59 pm)Andreos1 wrote Whether they dominate them or not, they're clearly in the catchment area of a proportion of those populations.
Let's say a quarter of Durham and half of Sunderland (including Washington).
More than enough people to make the services viable - assuming GNE actually took the time to see where those people were travelling to.
Aye fair points but being honest I actually don't think Go North East do that bad in rural areas, I can say nice things sometimes... Consett and Stanley have decent enough networks imo.
It's the urban network that's a shambles. There's areas like Birtley where Durham Road has buses and the rest of the town literally has nothing, just something seriously wrong there. The urban areas should be the money makers aswell.
Washington is a right mess though. Very similar network to Cramlington really, yet every single house in Cramlington has a direct service to Newcastle and Blyth, arguably the two largest locations they want to go to without any detriment for those from Blyth with connections at Manor Walks to pretty much every other major town around in the area, in a few weeks at least 2 BPH. Washington, on the other hand doesn't have a commercial bus service to Birtley...