(25 Apr 2014, 3:21 pm)Tom wrote The 24 seems a lot more reliable than the 23. The 23 was 15 minutes late last Thursday, yet the 24 was spot on time, so they were running in twos along Stockton Road. The Hartlepool bound one that left just before the 24 was 7-8 minutes late too.
Agreed. Reliability on service 23 (in my opinion) is outrageous. Generally speaking; it's alright on a morning (runs no more than 1m early or 5m late) but after 2pm, it's pretty bad and is for several hours.
At 16:20 there was approximately 15 people waiting to board services 23/24. That's still not amazing given that service X7 tends to depart with a lot more than that (depending on the time of day). I'd suggest that the reason for mediocre passenger numbers could be linked to reliability, in places where there is competition.