(02 Jun 2022, 8:26 am)Storx wrote Catch-22 is they should be trying to get you back on board. A frequency decrease does the opposite and will just push more people to walking. Another frequency decrease? Evening services subsidised to another operator? It's all just a downwards spiral from that point.Alas, the last 9 months of continual staff shortage and "Short notice" cancellations have probably driven thousands of passengers away from Go North East services, especially in those areas badly hit by daily cancellations.
On X45/X46 there can hardly have been a day when there hasn't been multiple cancellations - 47/47A almost as many, plus 47/47A seem to suffer badly from breakdowns and other operational incidents.
X45/X46 are going to have reduced from every 15 mins to every 20 mins to every 30 mins in a very short time.
Even if evening services are still run by Go North East, it appears that most will, at best, only be hourly rather than being half hourly as many are now.
The current situation reminds me exactly of the bus industry in the mid to late 1970s.