(24 Sep 2014, 3:36 pm)Jimmi wrote Yes, you do kind of have to view the passenger numbers from Sunderland, but if the 21/X21 is marketed as a through service like the 21/31 & 21A/31A used to be you will have people travelling from further than Peterlee using the service.....so why were the 31/31A axed?
The X21 may take some passengers from the 23/24 (well 22/23 from next month) but the people of Wheatley Hill have been wanting a service to Sunderland again, everytime I've used the 24 not many people have done the full route. Passenger numbers and passenger trends will likely to change when the 22 starts going to Sunderland instead of the 24 and the 21/31 used to carry a decent amount of passengers between Wheatley Hill and Sunderland in the past.
I'm assuming the resources were pumped into extra 23/24s, but it suggests to me that they weren't doing something right with those services!