(23 Jan 2022, 10:21 pm)GNE6312 wrote Not sure if this would work but what about reinstating the X88 as less of an express and more serving local areas around Washington here it is
88:
Concord
Blackfell
Oxclose
The Galleries
Fatfield
Harraton
Rickleton
Non-Stop
Dunston
Metrocentre
Every 60 minutes
There was previously the 183 which largely followed that route, but also serving Barley Mow and Birtley, Team Valley then the Metrocentre. Eventually it was revised to do Concord to the Galleries via Albany iirc, then Harraton, Rickleton, Barley Mow, Birtley and a pretty long-winded way to the Metrocentre.
The 183 was replaced by another service around 2005/06 (71 springs to mind, but I can't remember in all honesty), but that was very short-lived before being axed completely.