(04 Apr 2015, 8:08 am)Tommy_1581 wrote It wasn't Friday loadings, have you seen the average X21 loadings between Newcastle and Ashington?
Not even a single decker full.
I counted around seven people on top and bottom decks.
I can slate Arriva all I want, I'm not the one running a 306, 46 minutes late. I'm not the one running Sapphire buses, of which Arriva staff don't give a toss about if the power sockets, wifi and NSAs don't work.
And no, I won't try driving an Enviro400 on the X21, probably because I'm 13. Thank you very much.
I'd probably have to disagree here, after I made my post a few months ago about the small loadings on non-peak X21's, I have noticed a small increase. Even so, yesterday you would have had all the normal holiday passengers travelling on two buses instead of six, which will cause delays.
Would be interesting to see if the X21/22 has grown anymore according to Arriva like.