(01 Jun 2023, 11:33 pm)Drifter60 wrote Haven’t done a suggestion in a while, but with upcoming changes to Arriva etc. just remember the farce that is the 61 and the around the world trip in Murton. Probably would be a tendered service, perhaps interworking with the 71 at Seaham?
Service 72 | Peterlee - Seaham via South Hetton, Murton & Dalton Park
> Could go Burnhope Way & Acre Rigg Road in Peterlee then onto Essington Way towards Little Thorpe, providing links to East Durham College & Lancaster Hill.
> In Murton, could run direct via Station Road then via Barnes Road, Burnip Road & Truro Avenue - providing direction buses to Seaham Town Centre from this area.
> Follow the old 62/202 route via Spectrum Business Park & Dawdon in/out of Seaham. Therefore, would reinstate buses to Princess Road, who are unserved at present.
> 61 would then revert to Sunderland to Murton only, with equal spaced timetable throughout.
They should just ditch the 61 imo.
Personally something like this would be better
X7: Sunderland - Direct - Ryhope - Direct - Seaham - Spectrum Business Park - (Garden Village) - Dalton Park - Murton
X6/X7 - Every 15 Minutes Combined.
Then try and push all the Sunderland to Seaham passengers onto the X6/X7 as it's now frequent enough to try and help out the 60 a bit so it's mostly local passengers instead.
There's no need for the number of buses via West Lea etc and Murton passengers can still get there with the 65. There's also a decent bus services for the garden village which is very much under construction now rather than it being an after thought like usual.