(31 Oct 2016, 5:27 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Well, I hope word gets around about the 216 because I passed it at gore hall, this afternoon, carrying fresh air.

Actually think they've missed a trick not running I to Sedgefield Sainsbury's.

(31 Oct 2016, 5:27 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Well, I hope word gets around about the 216 because I passed it at gore hall, this afternoon, carrying fresh air.

Actually think they've missed a trick not running I to Sedgefield Sainsbury's.

(31 Oct 2016, 5:43 pm)Jimmi wrote I personally feel that they should have terminated at Hetton-le-Hole Interchange rather than Easington Lane just as I think there is slightly more stuff there than there is at Easington Lane plus there is more connecting bus services, would have only added another 5 minutes or so onto the journey time for each journey. Sedgefield Sainsburys would have also probably been better than Trimdon Village, especially as I think the biggest shops along the 216 route is some small looking Co-Op's.

(31 Oct 2016, 5:47 pm)Tom wrote What was operating it? A bluebird?

(01 Nov 2016, 12:28 am)BusLoverMum wrote Yep - the coop is pretty much the terminus at that end
I think so - one of the standard 58 reg DCC vehicles. (horrid looking mismatched seating)

(01 Nov 2016, 12:28 am)BusLoverMum wrote I think so - one of the standard 58 reg DCC vehicles. (horrid looking mismatched seating)

(19 Sep 2016, 2:42 pm)cbma06 wrote service 216 timetable is not yet available on the DCC website at present.

(07 Nov 2016, 2:28 pm)Jimmi wrote Just seen one of them on the 216 with paper "216" in the window on the 14:20 journey from Trimdon Village, nobody on it from there.

(07 Nov 2016, 2:28 pm)Jimmi wrote Just seen one of them on the 216 with paper "216" in the window on the 14:20 journey from Trimdon Village, nobody on it from there.

(10 Nov 2016, 10:01 am)2bagstew wrote DCC should have put leaflets in the homes in the area where the 216 operates

(10 Nov 2016, 2:21 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I hadn't done a school run, ye this week until this morning, when we unavoidably eneded up late, anyhow, so haven't seen it yet to see if there's any improvement on the zero uptake I saw, last week.

Won't help anyone that it runs at an 80 minute frequency in either direction so people can't plan to, say, be at the bus stop at 10 past, knowing that it will arrive in the nextv10 minutes.

(11 Oct 2017, 1:39 pm)BusLoverMum wrote My prediction was wrong ^^^

(19 Sep 2016, 2:42 pm)cbma06 wrote service 216 timetable is not yet available on the DCC website at present.

(11 Oct 2017, 2:05 pm)Jimmi wrote Yup, the 216 is indeed still running, think I saw it in Trimdon Village the other day, was one of the Bluebird things with no evidence to suggest it was operating the 216, not even a paper destination.

(11 Oct 2017, 2:05 pm)Jimmi wrote Yup, the 216 is indeed still running, think I saw it in Trimdon Village the other day, was one of the Bluebird things with no evidence to suggest it was operating the 216, not even a paper destination.

(11 Oct 2017, 5:29 pm)2bagstew wrote DCC have said there are still plans to terminate the 216 at Sedgefield to give the driver a proper break, they are using the old social care blue bus as they more reliable than the link2 bus..

(14 Nov 2016, 6:44 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Well, they appear to have given up using the DCC liveried minibus on the 216 and had a tiny little link 2 van out, today.

I give it until Christmas.

(11 Oct 2017, 1:39 pm)BusLoverMum wrote My prediction was wrong ^^^

Just noticed that Millburngate is closed, this weekend, so that will affect all buses using those stops.

(17 Oct 2017, 8:06 pm)Jimmi wrote 216 is now registered as cancelled on VOSA from December 3rd 2017, so you were correct, just in the wrong year! 

Think we jinxed this by saying that the service was still running the other day 

(01 Nov 2018, 11:37 pm)James101 wrote http://www.durham.gov.uk/horden

A few more details on the proposed Horden Station, with construction due to start next year. Artistic mock-ups featuring a surprise entrance by First into then East Durham bus market.

(13 Dec 2018, 3:45 pm)BusLoverMum wrote I've seen a new 68 reg merc knocking around Durham, today. No idea when this was added to DCC's fleet.

(26 Nov 2021, 12:41 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote Durham County Council have issued an invitation to tender for the operation of an Interactive Public Transport Map. The map will take the form of a public facing website and provide graphical information on bus routes, timetables and fares. It will also cover cycle and walking routes as well as incorporating real-time and disruption information within County Durham and connecting routes in adjacent areas.
The contract is expected to start in February 2022 and operate until January 2029.

(26 Nov 2021, 12:41 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote Durham County Council have issued an invitation to tender for the operation of an Interactive Public Transport Map. The map will take the form of a public facing website and provide graphical information on bus routes, timetables and fares. It will also cover cycle and walking routes as well as incorporating real-time and disruption information within County Durham and connecting routes in adjacent areas.
The contract is expected to start in February 2022 and operate until January 2029.