(01 Aug 2014, 9:55 pm)Kuyoyo wrote Or Arriva have realised their mistake of having a 85 ten minutes in-front of the 'original' X85 and drop it so their loyal passengers aren't split between the 2 service.Hey, whatever floats their boat.
Also frees up the vehicle that presently does the 85 to work another peak time run
If I see a GNE X85 pulled in at Eldon Square with free Wi-Fi, comfier seats and the option to buy a cheaper ticket if I have onward connections in Hexham to other GNE buses... I'm not going to wait an extra five minutes to get on the Arriva service!
Will be interesting to see what happens to the passenger numbers on that 1720 service - anything's better than the loss-making 3 passengers I saw not so long ago...