(20 Jun 2013, 2:10 pm)tyresmoke wrote It can't compete with the Arriva X1 though, sending it to Middlesbrough gave them a different USP but not enough to make enough revenue to keep it running I guess. The loadings are only ever decent beyond Darlington when the X66 is running late. I'm not certain of the loadings between Bishop and Darlington but I don't believe they're anything to shout about.
When I used the OK1 2 months back going from Middlesbrough to Darlington the bus was half full. Then I got the OK1 an hour and a half later and there was 3 passengers including myself going from Darlington to Bishop Auckland.
Obviously the competition from the Arriva X1/X66 is too much for the OK1 to handle. I wonder what will happen with them Solars come August/September