(20 Jan 2024, 11:07 pm)Storx wrote There's nothing express / limited stop on the X5/X15 is there? Always seemed pointless to me, it kind of made sense with Arriva as they didn't have any other brands so it stood out but with GNE, it was just 'another' brand especially since nothing else changed. Least Arriva done a mid life refurb, as part of it, so it was like a relaunch per say.
Mind Arriva lost the plot with it aswell, and just branded way too much, with Sapphire complicating things with some routes part of that being questionable aswell, if they bothered to allocate things properly anyway which lasted days at some depots. Blyth, Darlington and Durham, in particular.
Stagecoach Gold was the best version of it imo.
Anyone driving in their car between Consett and Durham would literally go via the A691.
Whilst the X5/15 stop at the likes of Lanchester and Witton Gilbert, for anyone going directly into the city centre, then the time it takes to park/pay is probably roughly the same as the bus stops.
You could have used a better example (X72 springs to mind).
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