(30 Jan 2022, 2:58 pm)Omega54 wrote Also if it were to come to seaham might make others chose the X10 over the train, for people who want to study at Newcastle or Middlesbrough it might not be faster but it can be cheaper, especially they have the price at 1:20.It might encourage people to use the X10 over the train. If they live closer to these potential X10 stops, than they do the station.
Also if they advertise that Under 25 weekly/day tickets work on the X10, and they need to get the bus from the train station then..more passengers, as I didn't know they worked untill very recently and it always stopped me getting the X10
If they don't, do you get a bus to those stops or do you get a bus to the station? Or do you just drive to wherever you want to be?
I firmly believe GNE need to do something about the stations and work to complement the trains. Not compete against them.
Seaham is a case in point, with the 71 stopping within spitting distance of the station, but it not being co-ordinated at all.
There's many others within walking distance and there's absolutely no integration or partnership working at all from what I can see.