(02 Sep 2013, 9:25 pm)Adam Malarkey 55 - Heworth - Leam Lane Estate - Q.E. Hospital - Wrekenton - Harlow Green - Allerdene - Low Fell - Gateshead - Bensham Bank - Lobley Hill - Whickham - Fellside Park - Swalwell Estate - Metrocentre

(02 Sep 2013, 9:53 pm)BJ10VUS Interesting. How about this?
Heworth - Leam Lane Estate - Beacon Lough East Estate - QE Hospital - Hendon Road - Deckham - Gateshead - Bensham Bank - Lobley Hill - Whickham - Fellside Park - Swalwell Estate - Metrocentre

M1 - Easington Lane - Hetton-le-Hole - Houghton-le-Spring - Fence Houses - Shiney Row - Fatfield - Glebe - Washington Galleries - Concord - Usworth - Heworth - Every 20 Minutes

M1A - Houghton-le-Spring - Shiney Row - Fatfield - Glebe - Washington Galleries - Concord - Usworth - Heworth - Every 20 Minutes

(05 Sep 2013, 6:22 pm)fozzovmurton I like that idea Adam, but how about this

M1 Easington Lane-Hetton-Houghton-Newbottle-Shiney Row-Fallowfield Way-Glebe-Galleries-Concord-Heworth every 20 minutes

M1A Hetton-Rainton Bridge-Fencehouses-Bournmoor-Shiney Row-Penshaw-Fatfied-Fallowfield Way-Glebe-Galleries-Concord-Heworth every 20 minutes

(05 Sep 2013, 4:33 pm)Adam Malarkey Cross Tyne Xpress
2/X2 - Sunderland - Fulwell - Boldon - Hedworth - York Avenue - Jarrow - Tyne Tunnel - Percy Main - Wallsend - Byker - Newcastle

Normal Stopping Timings/Limited Stopping Xpress would be Faster
Sunderland to Jarrow - 42 Mins
Jarrow to Newcastle - 40 Mins
Total Journey Time - 82 Mins

56 Timings Sunderland to Newcastle - 70 Mins
X3 Timings Sunderland to Newcastle - 53 Mins
X36 - Timings Sunderland to Newcastle - 57 Mins

(05 Sep 2013, 8:50 pm)aureolin I think there's perhaps too much duplication there. The Percy Main - Wallsend - Byker - Newcastle section of the route has a quite healthy coverage as it is. I'd like to say maybe an increase of frequency on the 9, but I always find I'm sitting on it by myself after I get to Jarrow Bus Station.

(05 Sep 2013, 6:45 pm)CatsFast101 An X1 via Rainton Bridge would be quite good however I think the 20 and 35 are more local services which I think would be more likely to pick up people along the route to Rainton Bridge, the X1 would have to be in addition to the 20 and 35.

(05 Sep 2013, 8:17 pm)Andreos1 Without having timetables in front of me to check how practical it is, I wonder if the 128 is worth sending into Chester le Street station as well as Durham.

Obviously the bulk of the trains stop at Durham, with only the TPX calling at Chester, but if the timings were right, it may be of assistance towards passenger numbers come next Summer.

(06 Sep 2013, 12:28 pm)Adam Malarkey Everyone seemed to of missed this one and skipped straight to the M1/X1 Idea, So I thought re-post it to gather a bit of feedback as it would of went unnoticed otherwise.

Washington Street Shuttle

M2 - Birtley - Portobello - Ayton - Lambton - Washington Galleries - Oxclose - Blackfell - Concord - Donwell - Heworth

M3 - Birtley - Barley Mow - Rickleton - Harraton - Ayton - Lambton - Washington Galleries - Oxclose - Blackfell - Concord - Sulgrave - Heworth

M4 - Washington Galleries - Glebe - Washington Village - Barmston Court - Barmston - Concord - Donwell - Heworth

M5 - Washington Galleries - Biddick - Brady Square - Barmston - Concord - Sulgrave - Heworth

Each Service would run Every 30 Minutes, so each Area has an Every 15 Minute Service, which in parts would be every 6/7 Minutes. Services W5/W6 would be Withdrawn.

Also they'd interwork, So for example the M2/M4 and M3/M5 would interwork together.

Here a better example of the interworking

M2 - Birtley to Heworth
M4- Heworth to Washington
M4 - Washington to Heworth
M2 - Heworth to Birtley
M2 - Birtley to Heworth

Then onto an M4 again and vice versa throughout the day, hope that is easy to understand.

(06 Sep 2013, 3:58 pm)fozzovmurton Just been thinking about the East Durham buses...

Revised 202 Peterlee-Easington-Hawthorn-Dalton Park-Woods Terrace-Barnes Road-Wellfield Road-Station Estate-Hetton-Moorsley-Belmont-Durham

The Timing would be close to an hour give or take.

Revised 265 Seaham-Dalton Park-Woods Terrace-Cornwall Estate-Burnip Road-Barnes Road-Murton Cenataph-Easington Lane-Elemore Lane-Pittington-Belmont-Durham...

Just another crackpot suggestion from Mista Fozz

(06 Sep 2013, 5:27 pm)cbma06 When GNE took on the secured East Durham bus services commercially, there were a couple of conditions and one of the conditions were to keep the main key links on the bus services otherwise GNE would of lost the services to other bus operators, this is why the majority of the East Durham bus services had to be secured in the first place but by changing some services then the key links will wont be there. Nice to see suggestions on the East Durham Brand but will not happen for sometime, the 202 has to be on between Peterlee and Seaham but the section between Seaham and Sunderland did get withdrawn but the service got revised with the new 238 between Sunderland and Seaham almost similar route which provides the key link. even though theres a direct link on the X7 between Peterlee and Seaham but the X7 is a non stop express while the 202 and 238 is all stops. The link between South Hetton to Durham via Pittington has to remain aswell.

(06 Sep 2013, 5:33 pm)fozzovmurton I never knew about conditions placed on the East Durham Brand...

One thing they could do sometime would be to reinstate the link round Cornwall Estate, it was never heavily used, but people, mostly OAP's, but they did use it to goto Hetton and Durham

(06 Sep 2013, 5:43 pm)citaro5284 If it is a commerical service, who would these conditions be set by?

(06 Sep 2013, 5:48 pm)citaro5284 Oh OK thanks for that. If they are not paying for it, I do not see why they should have a say in the service.