(10 Jul 2022, 6:34 pm)Unber43 wrote Do you know this, as it seems to be presented in a fact form, also Durham to newcastle is like 3/4x what the bus is
Well if you get the trains at rush hour there's a lot of people who get on off at Durham from Newcastle least 2 carriage loads.
The pricing off peak isn't too different £11.50 / £12.45 via train with plusbus vs bus £10.90 an explorer ticket. You have to remember most people don't live near GNE routes at either end of the route so you need multiple tickets not to mention the timing difference / reliability difference.
The fact it's down to 2 buses an hour fast and 2 via everywhere probably says there's not much demand and the slow one seems to be going to more places to try and attract more passengers (you wouldn't do that if it was busy already).