(01 May 2022, 8:44 pm)Storx wrote Aye your probably right, must admit I've used it down to Birtley a few times to save money from up Blyth way so people definitely do it.

I know someone who used to travel from Sedgefield to Northumbria Uni every day aswell so people do use it through. Dedicated is all I can say as it's like 95 minutes each way. Then there's me moaning travelling 35 minutes and then ended up getting a lift to the Metro to save 15 minutes.

There is definitely people that travel through beyond Durham City Centre on the X12, I caught a run recently and a fair few boarded in CLS with Arriva Day/Weekley tickets and were still on board when I alighted in Durham.

There's definitely passenger trends that aren't picked up on by spotters especially if it's not their local route, the X12 is constantly mentioned but only ever by the fact it runs Durham to Newcastle, the 7 is another that assume much of the custom is the full journey from Darlington to Durham whereas the reality is most aren't doing the full route often.