(24 Jun 2015, 3:43 pm)cbma06 wrote I cant see that corridor warrants a 15 minute service. no need for a service X21 as its not busy on a sunday, and having a service 21 is better as it would stop at each stop to pick up potential passengers with out it being an express service, Monday to Saturday daytime express is more for getting passengers from one destination to another destination alot quicker.
Having the 21 on a sunday and not a X21 means the company are picking up passengers along the route and not leaving the passenger to use another bus company.
I think there is a market for an hourly X21 Bishop to Newcastle on a Sunday, though perhaps with a couple of extra stops within Birtley and Low Fell to take the burden off the 21 a bit.
Just browsing through the other posts regarding services to the Wear Valley. You can forget about running up to Stanhope, when I worked for Arriva I drove the 46A from Durham to Stanhope and the passenger numbers through the day weren't great and it was mainly ENCTS passengers. However, I am in favour of a 15 minute express frequency between Newcastle and Durham, two carrying onto Bishop Auckland as now and the other two carrying onto Crook, possibly even Tow Law. And in my humble, biased opinion, there is only one brand to use.....OK Expressway!