(06 Jan 2014, 10:25 am)tyresmoke wrote I was more on about the passengers heading out of Newcastle to the likes of Tynemouth and Whitley Bay (306) Dan, Cobalt demand exists hence a service is operated.
I'd definitely say that the demand is greater to Cobalt than to North Shields or Tynemouth, otherwise operators wouldn't be cutting their usual services at the expense of the Cobalt express services.
I actually went out to photo the X9 and X39 the other morning - the 306 and 310s departed fairly empty towards their usual termini. The Cobalt express services on the other hand...