(14 Sep 2013, 8:29 pm)aureolin wrote Had a thought regarding the evening runs of the M1, which currently run between Heworth and Fallowfield way. Looking at the timetable, GNE currently run this with a PVR of 1.
My suggestion would be to curtail the evening M1 runs at Washington Galleries, and interwork with a short service 8 between The Galleries and Chester Le Street, but serving Fallowfield Way and Fatfield Riverside rather than straight down Biddick Lane. The service would accept through-fares to Fallowfield Way, so that those currently served don't lose out.
Below are the current departures/arrivals/running times for each.
As you can see it would be quite comfortable to run such an interworking service by increasing the PVR to 2. The outward M1 trips from Heworth to The Galleries at that time are still quite heavily used, although the opposite way not so much so. Hence the difference in running time. I do believe there's enough people use the Heworth to The Galleries section to more than cover the cost of running at a PVR of 2.
Any thoughts?
I like the Idea, but is there any demand for the 8 on a night after 6pm between Washington and Chester le Street. I remember there used to be an 8 on a Sunday a few years back using WSS MPD's, perhaps on a Sunday would be better.