(29 Sep 2022, 9:06 pm)Storx wrote The X21 should've been terminated at Durham imo with ticket acceptance on the 6 between Durham and West Auckland, with the same in return with the X12 cancelled between Durham and Newcastle with tickets accepted on the X21.But that’s not going to happen.
It's ridiculous that there's duplicate services running when other areas have gaps all over the place at both depots as much as the inconvenience is for changing buses. The 21 between Brandon and Durham being another.
X21 from when I've been on it are getting better loadings than the 6.
Also no one is going to use the bus if they have to change buses, no one wants that.
Its the same when people bang on about GNE with tables/USBs thats to get people who would use the car to start using the bus. If its a 55' Plate OmniDekka no one wants to travel on that unless you need to, its about making it passenger freindly, tables do that whether people like it or not. If I was to go from Newcastle to Consett I would much rather have a E400 MMC, than some OmniDekka if I had the option for taking the car. If I was stuck on nosey streetlite or older awfully loud G1 I would take the car.