(31 Aug 2014, 7:45 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Why can't Durham run it by themselves? Or am I missing something obvious?
If it is down to the timetable, surely something can be done.
I often see the 8.10 arrival into Durham and it is generally full in term times.
Noticed a difference once the holidays kicked in.
I hadn't thought about that, but I agree that it'd be better to shift all of the operations to one depot if it meant the services could have a consistent allocation. I'd imagine this would also present Arriva with the opportunity (depending on driving hours) to retain the half-hourly frequency on the X1, but downgrade the X2 to an hourly frequency? As a feeder service, it's always baffled me why they run the latter at a 30 minute frequency.
The only problem I see it causing would be the PVR loss at Stockton. Less drivers would be on the road, which I'd imagine would mean that some drivers lose out on hours at the end of the day?