(12 Jan 2019, 11:21 pm)Adrian Service 56 Durham to Bishop Auckland
• Some minor retiming of up to 5 minutes on some journeys.
• Outbound journeys from Durham to operate via Hallgarth St rather than Church St in a further attempt to address punctuality concerns.

Service 57/57A Durham to Kelloe/Hartlepool
• Some minor retiming of up to 5 minutes on some journeys.
• Outbound journeys from Durham to operate via Hallgarth St rather than Church St in a further attempt to address punctuality concerns.

Service X12 Durham to Middlesbrough
• Outbound journeys from Durham to operate via Hallgarth St rather than Church St in a further attempt to address punctuality concerns.

So there'll be no stop between the Three Tuns stop on the Old Elvet/New Elvet junction and Maiden Castle on all 56/57/57A/X12 outbound journeys, as there isn't a stop on Hallgarth Street. The 6 will continue to serve Church Street and South Road, but there'll not be a bus observing the Palatine Centre (Science Site) anymore on outbound trips.

(13 Jan 2019, 12:35 pm)Jimmi Hoping that means some of the other Darlington services will also have issues with punctuality in the afternoon resolved as it's been rather dire for a while now, just no longer possible to get from Darlington Town Centre to Harrowgate Hill in 12 minutes on a afternoon anymore (17 minutes late afternoon)

Would imagine similar changes would be implemented to the 5A on evenings and Sundays as the frequency combines with the 7 between Darlington and Newton Aycliffe.

Only the first afternoon Framwellgate Moor trip really picked anybody up from my experiences anyway and odd Fram - Durham passenger.

(13 Jan 2019, 11:55 pm)BusLoverMum That'll confuse a lot of students. 

(15 Jan 2019, 10:51 am)Jimmi New times now on Traveline for changes effective from February 17th, some info about changes to Darlington services that I spotted:

1 - the evening and Sunday service 1B is withdrawn and replaced with the daytime service 1 route.

5/5A - evening and Sunday journeys now running as service 5 instead of 5A to replace the 1B along Redworth Road and parts of Byerley Road in Shildon.

X21 - on weekdays the first Peterlee to Sunderland departure will now be 08:44, returning from Sunderland at 09:20 and the last Sunderland bound trip will be at 15:44 from Peterlee and 16:20 from Sunderland, Saturday journeys will not be cut on Peterlee - Sunderland section. Additional running time between Newton Aycliffe and Sedgefield will be removed on some journeys.

Other than all that, think it's mostly just things like timing changes and the odd journey being withdrawn here and there. Imagine some interworking patterns on evenings and Sundays at Darlington will change judging by changes to timings.

(15 Jan 2019, 7:05 pm)Adrian It sure will.

I've done this outward journey three times now this week, at different times of the day. A total of 53 passengers, the vast majority of which were on board before the three tuns stop, then alighted at either the New Inn or Science site across these journeys. I appreciate that they can still use the 6 for this journey, but that is quite an extra strain to put on the peak journeys for example. 

The 56/57/57A/X12 should have been sent through Hallgarth Street a long time ago, but there was always resistance based on the claim that the New Inn is one of the most popular stops. Either that has changed overnight, or I wonder if this is an attempt to leverage some extra funding out of the University, perhaps to run a campus shuttle?

(15 Jan 2019, 10:48 pm)Andreos1 That X21 move is interesting, especially as they're missing out the peaks between Sunderland and Peterlee.
Not enough demand on the corridor, a sign they're just keeping their toes in or something else?

(15 Jan 2019, 11:04 pm)S830OFT There is already the Scarlet Band S1...

(16 Jan 2019, 5:46 pm)Adrian The S1 originates from the opposite direction...

And for some reason, its not that well used? Maybe the fares are higher or something, but I tend to see it go straight past with 2 or 3 folk on at most.

(16 Jan 2019, 6:34 pm)BusLoverMum Students will probably have the pass that is the most useful to them. Only those living in Gilesgate will benefit from the s1.

(18 Jan 2019, 2:01 pm)Cock Robin 5/5a: 5a cut back to Guisborough, serving Hutton Gate and Rectory Lane. 5s diverted to serve Hollybush at all times


What happened to the X5 then?!

(18 Jan 2019, 2:10 pm)Kuyoyo No timetable on the website yet - according to the app, there appears to be 2 PM journeys from Middlesbrough at 1647 and 1722. Likewise, 2 am journeys from Easington at 0702 and 0732, arriving into Middlesbrough at 0807 and 0837.

Another small change on the 5 is the withdrawal of the first two departures from Easington - the 0500 trip run by Redcar and the 0548 trip.

(18 Jan 2019, 6:47 pm)tyresmoke Only the 0548 appears to have been removed. The Redcar early one is still there, leaving at 0458. The next departure is at 0611, giving over an hour gap.

(18 Jan 2019, 2:01 pm)Cock Robin 5/5a: 5a cut back to Guisborough, serving Hutton Gate and Rectory Lane. 5s diverted to serve Hollybush at all times


What happened to the X5 then?!

(19 Jan 2019, 11:40 am)tvd I must be looking in the wrong place as cant see the new timetables on either the website or the app.  But from what has been said it looks like they're doing something similar to whats been tried before - a short 5 only going to Guisborough, the long one going full distance.  However, it does seem puzzling that as the reason given for changes was difficulty for the 5 to keep to time, am not sure how adding  few extra passengers and diverting through Hollybush will help that.  I wonder if only the 5A goes down Stokesley Road past the Voyager pub, leaving the 5 to follow the X93 route out of Guisborough onto the A171?  Might save a few minutes I guess.

Still no word of a new bus to Skelton Asda and no express service to Middlesbrough during the day, but am told those things are under consideration for the future.

(19 Jan 2019, 11:48 am)Kuyoyo 5 is unchanged except for serving Hollybush. Additional time has been added into the service and 5s will now operate separately to the 5A (an unchanged PVR - but rather than 9 doing both routes, 6 will be on 5s and 3 will work 5As).

The 5A route in Guisborough will be the same as the daytime 28 route except towards the Market Place the 5A will turn into Rectory Lane to serve the Sainsbury’s Store, entering the Market Place via Bow Street.