(29 Oct 2013, 5:19 pm)cbma06 wrote The X7 has good numbers on them, doing good, im on the X7 twice a day (early morning and at early evening)and its been busy, GNE are only cancelling part of the timetable where passengers are not using it, as its no point running the first one all the way down to Middlesbrough and back to Peterlee just for the sake of one person etc... plus GNE are going to make it all stops in Peterlee area which would be good.
I would agree with cbma06 that the X7 isn't failing exactly, it enjoys steady passenger numbers during the daytime. Stopping at all stops in Peterlee will allow the service to also act as a local link between the town centre and linking Essington way/Seaham/Sunderland/Wingate/Stockton/Middlesbrough with a direct link to East Durham College which will be popular with students there. It's a new service so I would expect tweaks like this. It's also good of GNE in the first place to put on these early and later journeys but if people don't use them no need having them.