(9 hours ago)Ambassador wrote I'm not sure where the idea the 21 carries fresh air past certain points is coming from - it absolutely doesn't - and as much as we deride it, BSIP required strong and factual business cases with relevant data.
On a weekend especially, the service is regularly full by the time it departs Birtley - agree additional resource for Low Fell in this case - perhaps running a short 21 to Angel and turning at Eighton Lodge would solve this.
As much as I question GNE, it feels a convenient and lazy stick to beat them with.
Oh no arguments definitely don't think it carries fresh air, that's just silly, but does it need to be 7.5 minutes all the way to CLS I'm unsure.
Tbh when I posted that I was thinking more deviating at Birtley, and doing something different.
I'm sure there's loads of ideas but considering there's subsidised routes in all directions (25/28/81) could it maybe have been an option to sort one of, or even more out, since the tax payer is paying for it anyway.
If anything it was a dig at Nexus for not using it as an opportunity to deal with some of the existing routes.
The 43/44/45 to North of Newcastle is a similar route and that's what that does really.