(01 Jun 2015, 7:59 pm)tyresmoke wrote Don't know for sure but I imagine it's down to the potential growth available on each service. There's also the fact that each Sapphire bid means ANE don't have to spend any money on it, and reap the rewards of the growth. We are limited in what we can do with the X12 too by Durham University, think we are allowed one or two changes per year to the timetable and that's it.
The Durham University inter campus link is currently out to tender again I understand.
Cheers!
All though the uni contributes to the X12 on the southern section of the route, I wonder if the impact has a negative element to it, north of Durham.