(06 Apr 2015, 1:58 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote 108/109 seem to have decent loadings since Arriva 87 finished, but I don't ever see many on the 9 as it's duplicated by Arriva 6 and GNE 18.
I thought the 108/109 had good loadings even before the 87 was withdrawn although the loadings should be better still now.
Think the 9 passenger numbers have gone down over the years since the 6 was routed round there and increased in frequency and Go North East introduced the 18 to the area which has seen some early and late journeys on the 9 being withdrawn.