(19 Apr 2025, 7:38 pm)PH - BQA wrote Looks to me that 1 shift was missing on the X22 given the timings, with 4 buses out for most of the day (out of 5). 

Only 1 single trip on the X21 looked to be dropped too. 

All that said, I’m not sure why they’d be winning people back from the train? The train has been going 4 months now, anyone who was going to switch will have done so, and anyone who has switched isn’t going to go back to the bus because of engineering works on a BH weekend?

Aye, it was Blyth where the other missing boards were at, looked like there was one missing board from the X7/X8/X10/X11 for most of the day and two missing boards on the 306/308 but obviously they're miles away from the train.

Easily though, could be many people who switched to the train where it's not really the most convenient route but because of the reliability issues found it worthwhile because of having to leave earlier to counteract the fact the bus might not turn up. Using it once or twice this weekend could maybe make a few think it's not that bad, I'll give it a shot again. Cancellations is just going to confirm their opinion and they'll be straight back onto the train. It's noticeable how much busier the X7 is the past 2 days, it's had very poor loadings ever since the station opened.