(15 Apr 2022, 7:43 pm)L469 YVK wrote Not really if you think about it. Low Fell & Durham Road has 8x per hour with the 21 plus the X12, X21, 25 taking that to 14x per hour.
The Coast Road between Station Road and Newcastle Haymarket has had (excluding 307, 38, 51, 51A, X8, X9)
2004 - 14x :
- 306 & 308 - 8x per hour
- 300 & 305 - 6x per hour
2006 - 16x :
- 306 & 308 - 8x per hour
- 305, 315 & 316 - 8x per hour
2007 - 18x:
- As above but with the then 'new' 309 every 30 minutes and I believe an 'enhanced' pink panther 307 also every 30 minutes.
2008 - 22x:
- 306 & 308 - 8x per hour
- 75 & 76, 309 - 8x per hour (75 & 76 replaced by 310 in 2010)
- 58 (City Centre) - 6x per hour
2012 - 19x:
- 306 & 308 - 8x per hour
- 309 & 310 - 8x per hour
- 58 (replaced by 57 in 2016) - 3x per hour
2020 - 17x
- 306 & 308 - 8x per hour
- 309 & 310 & 311 - 9x per hour
12x per hour (all 20 mins each) would take the number below pre 2004 levels but all services would be double deck operated unlike then.
Just because something happens elsewhere, doesn't mean that it's relevant somewhere else. Just the same as quoting frequencies from years ago doesn't mean there's any such demand in 2022.
I personally think that Low Fell is overbussed. There's no need for the X12 or X21 to serve there, and actually just slows things down for end-to-end customers from Durham and beyond.