(23 May 2022, 10:11 pm)F114TML wrote It was every 10 mins pre-pandemicI would say X1/62/65 serving Murton doesn't help with passenger numbers especially with it going to every 60 mins soon.
but yes it always carries a fair few whenever I see it. Same can't be said, sadly, for the 61 which, as a resident of Murton, I find incredibly useful but since they messed around with it, merging it with the 9 etc, it just doesn't seem to be as busy popular. It's rarely just carting round fresh air though, there's always a few people on it. Could get away with a solo outside the peak/schools, but there's some journeys I think could do with a decker.
61 is hard as some journeys there are 5 people, but then there are maybe 20. I don't think running a mix unless they were timetabled right would be good either. 61 used to have a regular Vyking on it.
I suppose I don't know how long it has done this for but the way it goes around Murton may just be inconvenient for people. 61 is basically if you're going to Dalton park & Murton, and 62/X6 aren't in. Or you've just missed a 60. It doesn't help that it goes a loop before going into Park lane which adds unneeded time onto the journey I am pretty sure they could have kept the 15 mins frequency with the 4 buses if it didn't do a loop.