(29 Jul 2021, 4:58 am)Stanleyone wrote Kind of right with the X70/X71/X72 but the latter won't start or even serve Consett. X30/X31 won't be every hour each.So the X72 will loop round to Stanley after Annfield Plain? If its coming via Gateshead, then it's effectively an old 705 configuration.
Going to Lanchester had gone through my mind, effectively making it an old 708, but that's a long shot.