(01 Feb 2014, 8:53 am)andreos1 wrote GNE love the hub and spoke model, ig is what their network is built on these days - but buses from the hub, cant be making much money if local services feeding into the hub are cut.
Look at the cuts the 21 has taken on a morning.
Is it any wonder numbers have dropped, if passengers see their local route cut - they cant get to Durham or Chester to get a 21...
Granted the local services may not make much money, but ultimately, the impact is felt further into the network.
Say the early 21s carried an average of 10 fare paying passengers - not a decent load, but just enough.
6 of those passengers get on the 21 at Chester/Durham, transferring onto it from 4 local services, but see those local services axed due to poor loadings.
End result, that early morning run of the 21 is axed, because it now only carries 4 passengers and makes a loss.
Adam made a very good point about this a few weeks back specific to the costs involved.
How many more times am I going to read this.....We get the point.