(12 Feb 2024, 2:02 pm)Jimmi wrote Doesn't really matter what you'd do with the X21 South of Durham given how bad the 6 can be for keeping to time quite often, I have often thought about the 6 doing Barney all day but knowing what the 6 is like is off putting, would also make timetabling the other Teesdale routes difficult and likely wouldn't likely save much resources, just a pity that while the 6 & 85 currently run 25-35 mins apart Bishop bound, they're very closely times together Cockfield bound, 85 also serves Evenwood Gate rather than running along Copeland Road to reach Evenwood.
Yeah some fair points about the unreliablity, it's a strange timetable I know that, just noticed it sits around for 20 minutes at Cockfield, would think it would make more sense to spread that time across the route in general.
For the 6 tbf, it was more about giving Barnard Castle and Staindrop the Durham links direct rather than saving resources. Very poor links from down there heading North with going on a tour around Darlington.
Bishop is definitely an area though that deserves some of the BSIP money, places has turned into a right mess since both operators shut their depots there so it's just operationally miles away from anything. If they ever did do franchising, I'd love to see Weardale go for part of the pie down there considering it's only company with a depot and they always come across as a good little operator.