(12 Aug 2017, 7:40 am)Dan wrote A bit of both, I'd say, but mainly to improve reliability. Of the two services, the X9 faces more delays and struggles to make up time.
Yes, splitting the services to avoid the use of tachographs has its operational benefits, but any savings made from this will be offset by the cost of adding an extra bus into the cycle.
The additional stop in Low Fell on the X21 service - paired with the additional running time to improve reliability - seems to have worked wonders. There was a negative reaction about when it was first announced but nobody bats an eyelid now: I think it'll be the same story with the new X9/X10, too.
Just wondering what the reason was for this introduction? I am not complaining because living in Low Fell myself I have found the x21 observing the Cannon stop very handy indeed, but was curious as to why this stop was added, because normally changes aren't done for the customers benefit, there is an ulterior motive behind them!
