05 Aug 2015, 12:09 pm
#213
(04 Aug 2015, 9:47 pm)citaro5284 Oh aye the X95 and X96...
X95 to Parkside via Concord and Hastings Hill/Grindon Mill and the X96 to Seaham Harbour via Boldon.
Use to finish work at 1700 and catch the 1717 X95 from Park Lane, got into Newcastle for just after 1800...operated by MCW Metrobuses!
the X96 got extended later in life from Seaham to Peterlee replacing GNE service 233.
used to work down Villette road many moons ago, and I used to catch the X95 from top of Villette road at 17:10 to Grindon Mill, I remember once a old merc 200 series came along , I stood back as I thought it was a 144, I had to get another northern to park lane and jumped on the X95 there as their replaced the merc with the expresslink, most of been late getting into Park Lane from Sunderland so northern must of put on a merc to do the Sunderland to parkside and back to sunderland and the expresslink bus just waited until back on time from park lane.
