(8 hours ago)Storx wrote Nah I get that with NY, and it's always going to be an issue somewhere but it's not as connected imo.
Newton Aycliffe and Darlington need to be together imo as they're economically one place and it's leading to issues like this X21.
Hartlepool and East Durham being the same. Yet they're all dumped with Newcastle which truthfully is probably irrelevant to most people living there.
County Durham all needs to be back together imo and when your at Stockton you might aswell chuck the rest of Teesside in.
Whether it's as connected or not, it still needs to be taken in to account.
Theres the X26/27.
The X4 and X93/94.
They're all carrying healthy loads between NY and TVCA and are offering a pretty frequent combined frequency on each.
Then you've got the likes of the 72 between Darlo and Northallerton.
Or the 89 between Boro and Northallerton.
You can't just say 'ah it doesn't matter, because it's not as connected'.
Of course it matters.
How easy it is to fix, is one thing.
But lumping one area in with another, isn't the fix.
For years, people would get on/off the X5 at Snippersgate garage to save the fare difference between Easington Lane and South Hetton.
It was the same at Barley Mow in Birtley and I imagine other places too.
Thankfully, a lot of those fare issues/barriers to travelling are in the past.
They don't need to come back.