(03 Jan 2014, 10:09 pm)Dan wrote What's the ticket prices like on the 24 - a service which does compete with the 20? If someone is travelling from Park Lane all the way to Durham and there's a significant difference in ticket prices..?
Same goes for the Laser. If that's managing to beat competition hands down with ticket prices, well there you go... It's bringing in some of the competition'd revenue too.
Must be noted that there are significantly earlier runs on the Laser than the Bishop. Not sure if these are secured or commerically operated, but I've used the first 35 towards Shields on multiple occasions and have been forced to stand... Uh, three passengers on the first 20 this morning leaving Park Lane.
No idea.
Going from memory alone, there are a number of early morning secured services on the 35. A quick check of the old timetables will tell you (when the secured services were indicated).
No idea about the 20 being secured, possibly not due to the nature of the route.
No idea about the prices on the 24 either, but I do know the journey time is a tad bit longer than the 20. Presumably not attracting through passengers like the 20 does.
I often get one of the early 20's from Houghton on a morning to Durham.
The 20a and x20 are good examples to draw on - very few seats left at Houghton when I get on, emptying the majority of passengers when it gets to Rainton Bridge NPower.
By the time it gets to Leazes Bowl, it is standing room only again.
More or less two full loads on one trip can't be bad can it?
I believe aureloin compared it to sardines in a can at times.
It definately has the edge over the 35a between Houghton and Rainton Bridge, due to it running through i.e it picks up, drops of and carries passengers beyond (35a can't do the latter).
Quite a few 35 passengers between Houghton and Low Moorsley use the 20s between Houghton and Sunderland, preferring to change buses and have shorter/quicker journeys.