(19 May 2014, 9:28 pm)AdamY wrote Getting to Middlesbrough would involve a 35-40 minute bus journey into Newcastle, then a 80 minute journey on one of the Tyne-Tees Express services. So there's approximately 2 hours (not including waiting time) gone already. Getting to Scarborough is another 2 hour bus ride on the X93. Times that by 2 and that's around 8 hours travelling time there and back not including time spent waiting for connections.

Before this thread was started I was well-up for travelling to Scarborough by bus. I don't think I'll bother now!

Regarding services X60/X61 - were concessionary fares accepted on these services? IIRC, Explorers and some other regional passes were exempt so I was wondering whether there was some sort of rule regarding concessionary passes.

Concession passes were allowed (pre 0930 supplements applied on weekdays during the school summer holidays, eg. 50p in County Durham and Passes couldn't be used at Harrowgate Hill and Thompson Street as passes can't be used before 0930 in Darlington.)