(24 Jan 2014, 7:56 pm)aureolin wrote It doesn't happen to be honest. Past Chester Le Street towards Newcastle, you'll be lucky if the X2 makes more than a couple of pick ups, all of which are generally OAPs. Most are standing waiting for the 21.
I do Durham to Newcastle often on the X2, as I've an Arriva monthly ticket. There's never more than a handful of people on it at various times throughout the day.
Maybe they should just scrap the X2, and put more time into the X1, which is a very popular service.