(08 Mar 2022, 5:56 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The merger of the X9 and X10, with the frequency reduction drove a lot of people off.I'm in a position where I can no longer return home via Peterlee using the X10 on an evening owing to the service being retimed to depart Newcastle later meaning I can no longer connect with Arriva's X21 at Peterlee.
Everyone I know in Peterlee opts for the car now, and they were regular users of the X9 and X10.
Worse still the alternative route via Durham seems to be getting more unattractive, traffic's getting worse (great congestion busting buses these are!) and this was before the roadworks at Framwellgate Peth started which seem to be a nightmare getting into Durham City Centre at rush hour, then there's Arriva's service 7 which will most certainly not run, further inconvenienced by the reduced 20 minute frequency on the 7 and GNE retiming the X21 running 5 mins in front of the Newcastle bound X12 leaving a potential 30 min wait when the 7 inevitably fails me.
I'm at the stage where I don't even want to use the bus for leisure and as a spotter so christ knows how frustrated regular passengers relying on them must be.