(13 Mar 2015, 7:47 pm)Dan wrote Not particularly...
The X21 arrives and departs Sunderland empty most of the time outside of peaks. The morning peak run operated by Stockton tends to have more than the normal Darlington peak run, but it's still far from great. No more than ten on this run, usually.
Services 22/23 carry more or less the same amount of passengers now. The old 24 service used to carry more passengers than the 23, but it seems to have evened out with the 23 improving since the Streetlites entered service.
Peterlee - Durham is the busy section on the 22. I'd assume that it's being upgraded to "Sapphire" specification with the hope of improving passenger numbers...
Thanks Dan, i might have a ride on the Arriva services during the 6 weeks holidays.
I do hope when the 22 goes to Sapphire, numbers go up, i think they should go to the Sunderland Echo and advertise the services.