(29 Dec 2014, 10:01 am)nk55 wrote As dan pointed out, no jobs were lost when the ok1 was cut and to be honest as with most competing routes unless there is a financial benefit its usually a case of first bus to turn up the old folk will board it. So the ok1 would never survive with the X1 running 5 mins infront and the 6 running willy nilly through west auckland.Didn't GNE originally try this with the 36 in North Sunderland? Ran a few mins earlier than the Stagecoach 16, yet it always seemed that the OAPs would let it go by, and jump on the 16 instead. No idea why mind, but they do the same with the 21/X2 along Durham Road. They'll happily let the X2 go, and get the 21 to Newcastle or Gateshead instead, despite the former being limited stop.
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