(24 Nov 2013, 11:37 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote If GNE managed to turn a service that was profitable enough to warrant investment in the best single deckers in the fleet in 2007/08, to one that performed so badly it needed buses revoking within a couple of years, they would have perhaps been doing something wrong? The withdrawal of the X2 had nothing to do with lack of revenue and was simply down to wanting to increase the X1 frequency, which did nothing for X2 passengers.
The X3 shouldn't be considered as the X2's replacement because it is a completely different service which follows a completely different route.
Go North East have done nothing wrong at all - the Sunderland to Washington section has retained Mercs, while the Washington to Newcastle section has been upgraded even further.