(24 Dec 2021, 11:31 am)Wybus wrote So what’s the chances of the X22 being suspended permanently?
Only certain journeys will have good loadings due to the timings and in my experience Saturday journeys tend to be just full of teenagers who won’t be lost as they can’t change to driving there instead
The 21/X21 and then X66 is a fairly easy link they’d promote as an alternative
And if this turns out to be true it’s yet more paint wasted
In the short term, maybe, but in the mid-long term it'll just re-enforce the position that buses aren't a convenient form of transport for them and will speed up their desire to learn to drive and get behind a wheel.
Plus the X22 generally takes around 40 minutes from Durham to the Metrocentre, whereas the X21/X66 takes almost twice the time at 76 minutes. Not exactly convenient for a 17 mile trip... an average speed of 22mph?