(21 Jul 2020, 9:43 pm)L469 YVK wrote Demand on popular routes like the 21 will naturally fall post Covid19 & Social Distancing so a 10 minute service might be justified. It's not just the 21 though, it's a lot of different services which are going to be affected post Covid19.Or they cut the X5/15 back from Shotley Bridge to Consett, thus reducing the PVR back from 4 to 3. The V9 does the job of serving Shotley Bridge hospital and the X45/6 serves different parts of Shotley Bridge also
I do reckon GNE will keep the 21 between Durham & Chester for the timebeing but perhaps space out more evenly with the 50 & X21. If they did however cut the Durham to Chester section out and maintained a 7-8 min frequency between Chester Le Street and Newcastle, the PVR would be 14x vehicles with no tight layovers. That still wouldn't be enough to find the 1x extra StreetDeck needed for the X5 & X15 unless the PVR was reduced to 13x with a tight layover or they terminated the 21 at Market Street or Pilgrim Street.
RE: New StreetDecks & ADL Enviro400s - X-lines fleet changes