(21 May 2018, 6:50 pm)Andreos1 wrote One for Scott. When it makes millions, just remember where the idea came from
Operating on market days only: Darlington - Stockton via Great Stainton, Bishopton and Carlton then on to N Tees and current route as variation of existing Stillington runs.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday connecting outlying villages to the two major towns in the area.
Funny you mention this, a thought that I had the other day was merging the 88 with the Scarlet Band 20 route to create one through Darlington - Stockton route to open up more links to the likes of Longnewton and Sadberge (maybe even restore a bus service to Brafferton?), although it may be a struggle to fit in a decent number of journeys on the service if it interworked around college contracts, also it would no longer run to Yarm and also no longer run between Darlington and Neasham.
Darlington market ain't what it once was though, even from when I was a bairn.