The thing is, bus services need to make a profit in order for them to operate. As always with service changes, some will benefit from them and others will be inconvenienced by them. For example the changes to Diamond services should see the Durham - Stanley section of the routes have improved reliability as they will no longer get stuck in traffic around the Metrocentre and Newcastle areas which should improve the reliability but some will be inconvenienced by the service no longer continuing beyond Stanley. Also I don't understand why there is seemingly such an outcry about the service to/from Lanchester (especially from people who almost never use the route) no longer having a direct to Newcastle and having to change buses in Stanley, many aren't fans of having to change buses but at least they will be able to change in a bus station out of the cold and bad weather we can get.
Also I get that's it's good to form opinions but should we really be having such heated about debates about bus services most of us are only going to use on the odd outing purely for the purpose of fun, I don't know about the rest of you but if you but should we really be taking part in surveys and such which might shape the outcomes for the people who actually rely on these services being inconvenienced because a selection of bus enthusiasts have put what they want for when they very occasionally use the service on a day out. I stayed out of all surveys and questions surrounding these upcoming changes as they don't really affect me in any way as I don't have to rely on any of the services that are being changed. I only ever take part in surveys for bus service changes if they actually directly affect me, Arriva recently made service changes in Darlington but I only gave my thoughts on what actually matters to me, I did not give my thoughts on the 2 and 11 being merged or the 3/14/14A/14B being morphed into the 3/3A/3B because I don't use the services so I don't feel that it is my place to give thoughts on something that people rely on.
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