(24 Nov 2013, 11:09 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Yes this is spot on - so to use Dan's argument that if a service is upgraded to the "best single decker" in the fleet it must make a fair amount of money - the X2 must have been profitable.
There's no denying that the X2 may have been profitable (providing it wasn't a coffin dodger bus!) and this is clearly why the X1 and 2A/2C make a large amount of revenue too. Let's not forget the 8 which is line for a Merc upgrade next year also! That doesn't mean to say that there wasn't room for improvement, however.
The X3 used Citaros for a period of time too - how are we to know whether the X2 wouldn't have had them revoked likewise?
(24 Nov 2013, 11:09 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote And re: how unfair it would be to cut the 2A/2C to every 15 mins from every 10, it's a tad worse don't you think that in the real world GNE entirely cut the X2 service affecting anyone who lived on Chester Road corridor, in order that they could increase the frequency of the X1. I'd personally prefer to see a bit of passenger choice (e.g. X1 & X2) with both services running less frequently than one route getting a flagship service, at the expense of another being cut in it's entirety.
Are you like the average passenger who prefers to 'turn up and go' or do you time your buses so that it fits your routine perfectly?
I believe most will be in favour of the former.
Some people on this forum are dwelling on the past... The X2 is something from an age bygone. There are huge advantages to both the customer and the company by having the network as it is at present.