(26 Apr 2020, 11:28 am)Storx wrote Remember you posting this but just thought the 6/M6/M7/M8 (Old 43/44) has to beat the 35 in terms of downgrades. It's had so many changes in terms of buses, none of them positive, but it's also had a massive downgrade in the timetable aswell from a service that used to be every 15 minutes (43/44) and always quite a flagship route (one of the early brands) to now all over the place and some of the communities have just lost some of the connections altogether. Tanobie -> Newcastle and Durham for example.

But travel patterns have changed over the years particularly with regards to the 6.

- Stanley and Sunniside to Newcastle is now well served with the X30/X31 every 15 minutes as well as the X70/X71.
- Catchgate and Annfield Plain covered by X30 (albeit slightly limited during Monday to Friday afternoons, I'm sure GNE will rectify this going forward if demand is there).
- A lot of the 6 route between Stanley and Sunniside is covered by the faster X70/X71.