(31 Dec 2014, 7:07 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote 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?
I'm surprised they haven't implemented some part day boards on the 21 yet... Could do a morning peak journey then a school run, before returning to the depot for exam/etc, then an afternoon school and evening peak run and back to depot. Would effectively utilise one of your spares. Happens a lot in South Yorkshire where they have buses out from 6am-9am then 3pm-7pm and used for buses to be on their 28 day inspection etc without impacting on service levels too much.