(22 Mar 2024, 10:50 pm)mb134 wrote Can I shock you with the information that people get on the bus outside of Ashington and Newcastle? Guide Post, Bedlington, Newbiggin, Cramlington, Gosforth, Stakeford, Choppington, and Wansbeck Hospital aren't going to suddenly disappear. 

While the service has been incredibly poor the past few weeks and people are rightly annoyed, the Conservatives have wrecked the country to the point that people who use the bus to commute likely have no other option financially - they aren't suddenly going to be able to get cars essentially.

Those places alone won't be sustainable for the frequencies currently though. 

I'm unsure on the second part. I'd imagine there's plenty people who will be using the buses for convenience reasons as much as anything else, ie don't want to drive to Newcastle, in particular, because of the traffic or the cost of parking etc. I know a few people who choose transport like that. 

Personally I think they'll be the customers who'll go aswell as they'll drive to a station instead and jump on the train instead especially from the likes of Newbiggin where the X21 is long, as an understatement. 

How many of them there are, who knows vs those who can't drive for economic reasons.