(03 Aug 2022, 10:47 pm)L469 YVK wrote But if you look at Derwentside, Tyne Valley and Teesside / East Durham, has the 'extra comforts' worked there to wooo people out of their cars?
- X45/X46: 15 mins > 20 mins > 30 mins (X46 dropped)
- X70 dropped
- X30/X31: 15 mins > 20 mins > 30 mins
- X9/X10: 30 mins > 60 mins with X9 dropped
- X84/X85: X85 dropped, X84 reverted back to 684 with 'normal' buses
Now to be fair with Arriva, their Northumbria division is fairly strong but would they win extra passengers over with 'comforts'? Would be nice to have the comforts if climate allowed but I'm sure passengers will be happy knowing that Arriva are at least investing and keeping things reliable.
In that case, then they may as well have just put plastic bucket seats in...? Buses without headrests are not appropriate on long journeys due to the pressure it adds to people's backs.