(07 Sep 2014, 2:57 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote I haven't quoted the post, cos its a canny size - but the bit you mentioned about the hundred passengers , was something I wanted to build on.

What I was trying to get at initially, is those passengers who transfer somewhere, due to the lack of a direct service.

Person A and B gets on x1 at Oldcastle. She gets off at Beaton Road.
She uses a paper day ticket.

At Beaton Road, they change onto the x2, to go to Five Lane Ends.
Person A, continues to Lenton Road Hypermarket via the x3. Person C and D also boards the bus, having travelled from Oldcastle, but via Losforth.
Person B, continues from Five Lane ends to Billingworth, joined by person E, who has came from Lenton Road Hypermarket.

There is no record of where those individuals ended up once they left their original stop in Oldcastle.
It could be argued, that there should be a direct bus to Lenton Road Hypermarket, but there is no system in place to monitor numbers making the journey between the two points.
Just data showing where people boarded and disembarked each bus.

Ah right ok, understand it now Then I agree with what you said in the last post, operators need to do something to understand better where people are travelling to/from, and then act on it.

(07 Sep 2014, 3:00 pm)tyresmoke wrote I just think the X18 needs a more robust timetable as there are issues with timekeeping - but Northumberland isn't my area of expertise so I'm unsure what exactly is causing these problems. People closer to the area may know better.
However I'm not sure whether spreading the loadings over more services would be the answer? If they are leaving people behind then maybe that would be a good idea...

I don't think it would be the answer but it could be a start.

Another reason for it would be that, as the X18 is hourly if the bus breaks down at Alnwick, would it not be better to have the option of the 20 there also, as currently there would only be 2 options, wait on the next X18 or wait for the X15 and hope that there was enough room for you, everyone else from the X18 and the people already on the X15. I just think that as the X18 is, for the most part, a rural service, having another option available wouldn't be the worst thing in the world