(14 Sep 2013, 9:00 pm)busman101 wrote Without joining the mass debate between you and eezypeazy, the season ticket data is workout-able from the published rail ticket data set and it's not as huge as you'd think. It is a good point that there is a fair number of people who get dropped off at the station, but there's a lot more that make their way to the bus station. The rural bits around Hexham have never really been blessed with great public transport as there's not enough folk to make it pay unfortunately.
Busman, I totally agree with you about the transport links in the outlying areas, hence my comments about the travelling into the town by other means.
However eezypeazy decided to split hairs on the meaning of words...
With never seeing the season ticket uptake, that was one of the reasons I queried how popular they were.
The demographics of both sets of passengers (rail and bus) would be an interesting read as would any analysis on their end destination and the justification they use for their preferred mode of transport.
For a lot of people, Hexham is the 'end of the line', but by travelling east, do they get the bus to Corbridge or Prudhoe, because it takes them to the heart of the town or do they get the train into Newcastle rather than run the risk of being caught in a traffic jam around Gateshead.