(16 Aug 2021, 11:33 pm)DeltaMan wrote Bus operators simply don't have the resource to operate services for every possible direct journey permutation at a frequency attractive enough to get more people out of cars. A quick look at any operating companies filled account will bear that out clearly enough.
So unless you want them to get the "begging bowl" out so they fulfil your dreams, I doubt it's going to happen......
I think the issue is less about having direct services everywhere but having services at all. There are housing estates popping up all over the place no bus services at all nearby, same with out of town retail parks.
It's not even new estates that are the problem, my mother's house was built in the 70s and it's still a mile walk to get the bus to Durham or Bishop. There's a reason pretty much every house in the estate has at least 2 cars!
Now, granted GNE have been doing a fairly decent job recently at serving retail parks, and I think the extension of the 21 to Brandon along with also serving Arnison Centre is a fantastic idea. Same with sending the 10N (or whatever letter it is, seriously give it a different bloody number!) to Tyne View Retail Park, and the X21 to Tindale