(24 Sep 2013, 9:38 pm)busman101 wrote If Fencehouses was that popular it would have a bus after 9pm, but if there's no demand for a commercial service, it could always go out to tender from the local authority, but they mustn't think it justifies the expenditure
There is the Nexus funded 79a (that covers the Tyne & Wear part of Fencehouses).
That came about when DCC stopped funding the 71 late on and GNE decided they couldn't justify running an hourly bus for a few extra hours a night...
In all seriousness though, how does an operator decide if there is or is not enough demand?
Take Boxing Day for example.
Fencehouses has never had a service for as long as I can remember - if at all.
Who has decided that there isn't demand on that specific day to run a commercial service - but enough demand during a normal day to run 13 buses an hour through the place?
Conversely, the likes of Eppleton, Newbottle and Herrington Burn have at least 2 different services between the two points (x1 and 35) on Boxing Day?