(10 Sep 2015, 6:44 pm)S813 FVK wrote Keep checking VOSA! The Newcastle-Lanchester is a well valued service although i don't think many people would use the service between those 2 points. Id say the key journeys are between Lanchester and Stanley and then Stanley and Newcastle.
Yeah I agree, I use the 8:28 service from Lanchester to Newcastle 5 days a week, and most passengers get on at Stanley on that journey. On a evening I usually get a lift, the last direct X31 to Lanchester is 18:20 from Newcastle. If I ever get that service I'm usually the last person on (like tonight, a Ex London president operated that service) there isn't really a demand at all for it!
Sometimes I get the 21 to Durham around 20:00 from Eldon Square, and then get straight onto the 15 to Consett via Lanchester which is usually already parked up, so there is still a link around that time anyways!