(05 Jan 2020, 11:59 am)Andreos1 wrote Playing devil's advocate here. But why would you increase the number of buses following each other in and out of the city centre?
Beyond the peaks, they can often carry fresh air and seeing an X1 follow a 28, 56 and 57 all the way down Old Durham Road, in and out of Gateshead and then over the Tyne Bridge isn't a sight a financial planner would want to see happen.
I shared this link previously and (https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...n-15893433) you can see where each and every hot spot is. Is it coincidence that the hot spots are where there's usually queues of buses at?
I can see the benefits of stopping some services at Gateshead - but certainly not all.
I can also see the benefits of offering some sort of variation to routes in and out of Newcastle. Avoiding the hot spots identified too perhaps.
As appealing as it may be, I need somewhere to park my 4 bags too.
During the non-peak times, I'd say it's perfectly reasonable to only send every other bus to Newcastle. With the X21 for example, only have the ones from Bishop go to Newcastle, with the Durham ones stopping at Gateshead.
From my experience, between Durham and Newcastle, you're lucky to get 50% of the seats filled during the day, so why not half the amount of buses
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