(30 Sep 2022, 7:54 am)Storx wrote Must've missed the bit where Arriva and Stagecoach are the principal operator in all those areas.Clearly they aren't doing a good job, by all accounts the 21 extension to Brandon, X21 to West Auckland are doing great numbers.
I assume as Dan mentioned that they had talks with Bowburn Amazon (i think) not sure how far they went tho, that any bus taken down their would do well.
The thing is with Arriva you have to change in Durham for pretty much anything, and if youre in Brandon you can get a bus straight to newcastle.
Maybe with Bowburn that GNE could possibly sent an hourly, 21, 20, 16, 50 down their. Not sure how great it would do as every 58 I see is dead (outside of peak) I saw a X58 at Gateshead and it had about 10 people on
And for all some of you might not agree, was it the USB's, Tables, Leather Seats quiet bus that may have took passengers off 49/49A ofcourse it was. A lot of them get off in Durham too