(27 Jul 2014, 4:14 pm)Adam wrote In case if any of you are interested, I've noted all the airshow buses I've seen and what services they are on. Obviously, this isn't every single one of them:
A1 - 3859, 3872
A2 - 6011, 6013
A3 - Haven't saw an A3 all afternoon
PR1 - 3862, 3871, 3876, 3973, 3981, 3982, 6026
PR2 - 3875, 3888
PR3 - 3974, 6004, 6018, 6091, 6098
And I'm not sure what the usual allocation is for the 99, but today 4965 is operating on the route.
So was 4936 or 4937.
(27 Jul 2014, 4:16 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote If I was a Betting Man, I would wack a Tenner on that being "Greg In Weardale" on NEB. He never stops going on about the X3.
100% correct!
I can't believe we're still discussing the X3 (the same points we've discussed one hundred and one times), but if the service was profitable, it wouldn't have been cut and older buses wouldn't have been brought in.
It was always going to be difficult for the X3 to work, given that the Metro is so much more convenient to most.
The final timetable was only brought in to work around scholar services, and make running both more sustainable. It's not something Go North East should be ashamed of at all, and I'm tired of hearing that they should be. I said as soon as this timetable was brought in that it would be withdrawn as soon as the school holidays came, as it was obvious why it was around in that form, and I was right. Terminating at the Wheatsheaf isn't the reason why even fewer passengers decided to use it, as I've been on the X3 where twice passengers have asked the driver if he goes into the City Centre, and the driver has responded that they'd have to get on another bus into the City Centre from there (and with a GNE bus coming along the road every few minutes, nobody can complain there). These passengers both used the X3.