(04 Aug 2022, 7:35 pm)F114TML wrote The 62 failed because it went through Horden, at least going by what people in the local Facebook group were moaning about. It increased the journey time to Peterlee for little benefit, and introduced a longer walk for those using to get to either EDC or Easington Academy.
I think they'd be much better (if they were tapping into the Seaham & Dawdon - Easington/Peterlee market) by just diverting the 22 via Dawdon & the harbour, even if it was just once per hour as the 22A.
Surely the 62 failed because of:
The 22/23 is quicker between Sunderland and Easington / Peterlee and more frequent
The X6 is quicker between Seaham and Peterlee
The X6 left 5 mins apart between Seaham and Sunderland
The X1 does South Hetton and Easington Lane to Peterlee quicker
Once you take all that out what exactly did it do, Easington to Seaham / South Hetton via the world and Murton to Peterlee around the world as there's nothing else there really (the 55 still existed at the time).