(09 Aug 2013, 3:20 pm)gtomlinson wrote Looking at Angel the first bus to Newcastle out of Durham is now 06.10 instead of 05.40 which means there isn't an Angel that arrives in Newcastle before 7am from Durham
Sunday the 23.40 ex Durham to CLS short is dropped so the last one is 23.10 (22.10 to NCL)
More service reductions and GNE have the cheek to say (on simplygo.com) that changes to the 21 are “minor changes”.
GNE seem to be coming up with so called minor changes every couple of months which are really reductions in early morning, evening and weekend services. I was against quality contracts but this sort of behaviour from GNE has convinced me that quality contracts are needed to stop this erosion of services. No doubt the other GNE services that are included in the list of minor changes will see a reduction in the number of runs. My interpretation of minor changes is timing changes to improve performance measures or inter-workings.
The withdrawal of the early 21 from Durham should be seen by Arriva as an opportunity to continue to build business on the X2 by introducing an earlier first run from Durham to Newcastle. GNE have timed this very badly just when Arriva have brought in weekly tickets on the X2 offering a saving of 10% compared to the Angel Saver.