(09 Sep 2017, 2:36 pm)Andreos1 wrote Now the QR system is rolled out and it's possible for Big Brother at GNE Towers to see a lot more about our journey/travel patterns, I wonder what sort of changes we will see?
The optimist in me, reckons we will see the return of more direct services and a reduction on services working the hub & spoke model.
The realist in me, reckons we will see further reductions in services and even more consolidation.
Hmm... X9/X10 serves Dalton Park; X5 and X21 extended to run on Sundays; extra late night journey on X1 weekdays; last 10 retimed to leave Newcastle at 2315; extra morning peak Q3; extra morning peak Prince Bishops into Durham; X22 increased to run hourly on Sundays; extra Lambton Worm journey weekdays; extra Fab 56 on Sunday mornings; more X66 morning peak journeys; more Loops on weekday afternoons... and that's just this month.
Looks to me as if Big Brother is using the data to provide more, not fewer, journey opportunities...
(Sits back and waits for Andreos to reel off a list of every service that's been reduced since 1986...)