(12 Jan 2023, 11:20 pm)Storx wrote West Auckland has a fantastic bus service to Newcastle imo, it really doesn't need one at all as there's very little connection between the two places. They should count their selves lucky they have one at all especially when most the Consett area villages have an hourly bus service and some nothing at all on evenings and Sunday's. Hourly bus services are a complete waste of time and I don't care what anyone says unless it's places like Rothbury which are in the sticks so it's unrealistic to expect more.
Not to mention the four buses an hour from Arriva that also serve Bishop Auckland & Durham (with the 85 & 104 running to Bishop on a less frequent basis as well), West Auckland has however lost links to other towns & villages over the years such as Crook and the link to Darlington is now only one trip on a morning and back in the evening on weekdays (service 84A).