(27 Jul 2021, 10:12 pm)L469 YVK wrote The last speculation I came up with was:
- X30 (Stanley only) & X70/X71 = PVR 8
- X31 (with 1PH to Consett) = PVR 4
- X45/X46/X47 = PVR 14 (same as old 45/46/47)
To be honest, if the short X21 runs made a comeback, GNE could technically move the X31 to Chester Le Street and interwork with the Durham short X21 journeys. Only issue would be branding.
The issue is that the X21 spends less of it's time being an express 21 than it does running the rest of the route to West Auckland.
So, they could probably solve that by rebranding the X21, and keeping the X21 for purely the Durham-Newcastle shorts