(08 Jun 2023, 8:35 pm)Andreos1 wrote Maybe that's part of the problem and could play a part in why we've seen a decline in usage over the years?
What works for one, doesn't always work for the other and if something isn't convenient, then they will look for an alternative.
The alternative in this case, being a car or something other than the hourly bus - which can be late or might not rock up at all.
I tend to agree. Perhaps in a time when there were no real alternatives available to you, it was far easier for transport operators to expect you to work around their scheduling, rather than providing a schedule that was customer-centric. Nowadays, not only do you have cars so easily available to people, but most office-based employers will accept an application for homeworking if you can explain that your daily commute is awful.
It's nearly 9 month since Go North East 'temporarily' suspended the X20. Using that provided a perfect route for me to get from Washington to Durham, using that and the 4. Not only did they suspend that, they made the 50 a game of snakes and ladders to get out of Washington. I ended up reverting to working from home permanently as a result of that, and it's single figures that I've been into an office since then. Saves me £100+ a month and loses an operator a customer.