(30 Jun 2022, 5:07 pm)Andreos1 wrote They would make more money forcing encouraging people on to the X1 and 20 or 65 and 60 than extending the 65 and its PVR (not a good idea when they're struggling for drivers either).
It did go to Sunderland in a previous guise, but was cut.
What's good for passengers isn't always good for the operator.
I'm surprised they haven't attempted to merge the 61 and 65 together somehow yet now that the 61 doesn't work with the 60 anymore and are both half hourly. I don't really want it to happen but if they ran it express like the X6 from Seaham to Sunderland it would only add 5 mins or so and give 3 buses an hour express between the two and sort out the changeover problem.