(23 Sep 2024, 3:58 pm)PH - BQA wrote The 35 can't be standalone now without significant changes to the route of both that and the X21. The X21 is also struggling on the current frequency AFAIK, but even at every 20 minutes the 35 struggled with timekeeping due to one of the main demographics using it.
Will the X21 struggle though once the rail goes live?
Hexham and the withdrawal of the X85 and downgrade of the X84 to the 684, was always overbussed regardless of the train.
But as shown by GNE's X10 being at bursting point, rail improvements don't always equate to loss of passengers.