(31 Dec 2014, 7:00 pm)Tom wrote I wonder how this would work?
1 21 21 21 1 21 21 21
Newcastle, Pilgrim Street: 00 05 15 25 30 35 45 55
Gateshead, High Street: -- 10 20 30 -- 40 50 00
Gateshead, Interchange: 10 15 25 35 40 45 55 05
Durham Road Saltwell Pk: 14 21 31 41 44 51 01 11
Low Fell: 20 27 37 47 50 57 07 17
Birtley: -- 40 50 00 -- 10 20 30
Chester-le-Street Black Horse: -- 57 09 17 -- 29 37 49
Plawsworth: -- -- 15 -- -- 35 -- 55
Framwellgate Moor: -- -- 22 -- -- 42 -- 02
Durham Bus Station: -- -- 27 -- -- 47 -- 07
Durham Bus Station: -- -- 40 -- -- 00 -- 20
Framwellgate Moor: -- -- 46 -- -- 06 -- 26
Plawsworth: -- -- 53 -- -- 13 -- 33
Chester-le-Street Black Horse: -- 51 01 11 -- 21 31 41
Birtley: -- 06 16 26 -- 36 46 56
Low Fell: -- 20 30 40 -- 50 00 10
Durham Road Saltwell Park: -- 24 34 44 -- 54 04 14
Gateshead Interchange: -- 30 40 50 -- 00 10 20
Newcastle Pilgrim Street: -- 38 48 58 -- 08 18 28
13 minutes layover in Durham Bus Station...I think they currently get 12? And cutting the frequency to every 20 minutes on the Durham corridor, would turn more customers to the X2, if that remained unchanged, the departures from Durham in the direction of Newcastle on that long stretch would be...
#21 - 00
#X21 - 09
#21 - 20
#X2 - 21
#X21 - 39
#21 - 40
#X2 - 51
I can see 7 buses an hour towards Chester, then onto Newcastle could work, but would reducing Service 21 to every 20 minutes from Durham be beneficial? It's good enough loadings whenever I'm on it from Durham, and while this would make loadings more profitable, could it not overcrowd at peak times?