(04 Jun 2023, 2:59 pm)Michael Euston wrote Has anyone got any idea if this route will ever start? Or has everyone just forgot about it? Recent developments mean Arriva's X3A is stopping in July so NO buses will serve ASDA and the retail park.

Maybe the fact that the X2 replaces the X3A as far as Marske and then diverts up to New Marske to replace the 62, and nothing but Flex (for now) will replace the rest of the route might give an indication of the usage in that part of the world - after all, these changes are partly in response to the reduction in ENCTS payments but also, as with the various changes by GNE and indeed Stagecoach in the last few years, to bring the company into a better footing for this present post-Covid world. Let's not forget Arriva Durham County haven't had any major network changes since before the pandemic (the East Cleveland revisions in 2020 were of course introduced post-Lockdown 1 but had already been lined up for introduction in April before Lockdown happened). The 1/2 are effectively still waiting on clearance from the Traffic Commissioner to start.