(27 Aug 2013, 7:29 pm)cbma06 wrote Adam, do you live in the Washington area? also what has Washington got that Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland etc... doesn't have. Washington has a lot of bus services with higher frequencies than other deprived areas and there are a lot of connecting bus services for onward travel to different areas.
Yeah I do, have done all my life, and I agree there are plenty of connecting services to these areas I have mentioned, but non of which are direct other than the X1/M1/8/2A/2C to Sunderland and Newcastle, Washington is an Area which has grown alot in recent years. And is an area without a Metro System although does have a frequent bus link.
But if you look at it before 2006 before the branding was introduced, Washington had links to Seaham/Peterlee and Hartlepool, Washington had a link through to Winlaton, We had numerous Xpress Services Connecting all these Areas, now we have only 1 Xpress Service in the form of the X1. Maybe it's time to reinstate those lost links and add in some new ones aswell.