(01 Aug 2022, 10:07 pm)Storx wrote Not trying to argue for the sake of it but surely it would be better if the X21 didn't run at all. I know the likes of Streetdeck would be annoyed but he's got alternatives with the 6/X12 or 6 and train and I think even he'd even understand why it's been cancelled in particular South of Durham.
Having the 21 every 30 minutes through Low Fell would be an outright disaster.
The 21 / X21 South of CLS is covered by the X12 / 50 albeit slightly different routes and not very frequent, there's nothing else on the 21 (by far the busiest route) and any driver who dares does the work from another depot should be shot, coward of the highest order. You never cross picket lines to 'help out'.
The 34 no doubt will have 1 bus on it and doing whatever it can with it.
(01 Aug 2022, 10:11 pm)Unber43 wrote What could they do? Surely X21 hourly between West Auckland > CLS then turning into the 21, and CLS to Newcastle every 20 mins (one being the X21)
I can't tell if you're being serious about the drivers covering work, however i feel like thats something no drivers from any depot should do. I mean its not like their isn't any overtime in all the other depots
I suppose GNE would have to weigh up maintaining the service they have the monopoly over, the 21 Newcastle to Chester vs the service they're more largely competing against with Arriva/have alternatives. If they ran such a low frequency on the 21 it would be carnage. Either way with both services you run the risk of losing out to both the train and Arriva between Newcastle, Chester and Durham, and Arriva through to West Auckland.