(28 Mar 2023, 5:54 pm)Storx wrote The X20 shouldn't exist and all people should use the X1. There's no need for 2 operators doing the same peak express.
Do a deal with each other. Stagecoach run the X1 in Sunderland and GNE run the X39 on the Coast Road with valid tickets between each other. The 22X/X39 is even worse, both running 5 minutes apart (3 minutes heading towards Newcastle).
I’m pretty sure I read on here that they do stuff like that to keep the service for when it comes back. Kind of like how there’s one 39 Journey a day. It’s so they don’t have to go through all the hassle of creating a new service again.