(30 Dec 2019, 8:10 pm)S813 FVK wrote The OK1 was the service that went to the likes of Crook, Darlington, West Auckland etc that you said was needed a couple of posts back and it still only lasted 18 months.Was originally Crook - Bishop - Darlington half hourly but did nowt on Crook to Bishop stretch so that got cut to being positioning journeys only like the X46 was but at the same time was extended to Middlesbrough once an hour direct via the A66.
Even when people had the reason to buy a GNE ticket with the connection to the X21 in Bishop Auckland, it wasn't enough to combat the dominance of Arriva.
Whilst it provided handy links to some areas it sadly wasn't enough to last unfortunately.