(05 Jun 2026, 6:13 pm)Malarkey wrote

• Gives tourists staying in Durham an easy way to visit multiple attractions without needing to change buses.
  

Personally, I think more people would love to visit Grange Villa to see the wonderful, and largely unpublicised, art installation located on the wall of a property on Albert Street and visible from the bus as it passes. 

(06 Jun 2026, 8:18 am)Arlo400H wrote Well I think it could be more suited to be numbered without the X, either way the journey time to Metrocentre from Newcastle isn’t actually that high and the PVR is only 2

I know it's not really the right thread, but imo anything doing should stay clear of Newcastle.

There's probably more scope for something heading from the Airport to the Metrocentre, doing a similar thing to the 6/7 but more inwards.

ie. something like: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.95834...1e!1m0!3e0

There's quite a few destinations on paper on there ie. Newcastle Airport, Kingston Park Rugby, Kingston Park Shops, Ponteland Medical Centre, Cowgate Morrisons, West Road, Newcastle Central Mosque, CAV, Benwell, Metrocentre ASDA, Metrocentre and they're all very difficult to get between atm since everything Stagecoach does heads towards Newcastle. Ironically the airport links being better at 3am in the morning!

(05 Jun 2026, 10:41 pm)Arlo400H wrote Timetable I made a while ago, could theoretically save the X22 imo but a risky investment

That timetable is totally unachievable between Denton Burn and Chester Le Street and that’s even before factoring in the fact that the buses will need dwell time for stops. 8 minutes from Denton Burn to MetroCentre isn’t achievable in car at midnight following the speed limits, let alone in a bus during the peaks.

(06 Jun 2026, 10:45 pm)220631612 wrote That timetable is totally unachievable between Denton Burn and Chester Le Street and that’s even before factoring in the fact that the buses will need dwell time for stops. 8 minutes from Denton Burn to MetroCentre isn’t achievable in car at midnight following the speed limits, let alone in a bus during the peaks.

It gets 3 min dwell at metrocentre and it’s a 5 min car drive from Denton burn to metrocentre but I did give it quite a tight timetable as it wouldn’t be stopping and starting a huge amount. Peak time journeys get between 15-20 mins extra just to run through team valley

(05 Jun 2026, 4:42 pm)Nerd4321 wrote It'll be a City fan cause why wouldn't it be. City here City there. Other companies should be shut down and City run the North East

City running everything would be torture. Would rather sh*t in my hands and clap

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(06 Jun 2026, 7:23 am)MurdnunoC wrote I think risky is a massive understatement.

Imagine someone standing in Newcastle, seeing the X81 with Newcastle on the desty, expecting an express then finding themselves five miles west of the city doing a tour of Dumpling Hall? 

I think that would be enough for someone never to use public transport again.

You say that as if Arriva don't do the exact same thing with their Blyth expresses lmao

(Yesterday, 1:28 pm)SN69 ZRC wrote You say that as if Arriva don't do the exact same thing with their Blyth expresses lmao

In fairness the Blyth expresses head towards Newcastle; I assume the poster you replied to made a typo for Chester Le Street rather than Newcastle, it's a bit different. 

They all do have express elements aswell (X7/X8 | Newcastle to South Gosforth, X9/X10/X11 | Newcastle to Seaton Burn) but the X7/X8 could be up for debate though mind.

(Yesterday, 2:40 pm)Storx wrote In fairness the Blyth expresses head towards Newcastle; I assume the poster you replied to made a typo for Chester Le Street rather than Newcastle, it's a bit different.

Yeah. I meant Chester, not Newcastle.

(Yesterday, 5:59 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Yeah. I meant Chester, not Newcastle.

Board could say X81 to Metrocentre (and underneath) then Newcastle like the X18 does with X18 to Morpeth then Alnwick. 
I doubt thats particularly confusing for the vast majority of people. anyone in Chester knows that the Metrocentre is a decent detour otw to Newcastle, and in the other direction the journey time as I said isn’t really that bad anyway. Either way it’d be at the stand with X82/684/685. 
I know it’s unrealistic, I’m not a professional

(06 Jun 2026, 11:44 pm)Arlo400H wrote It gets 3 min dwell at metrocentre and it’s a 5 min car drive from Denton burn to metrocentre but I did give it quite a tight timetable as it wouldn’t be stopping and starting a huge amount. Peak time journeys get between 15-20 mins extra just to run through team valley

It is absolutely not a 5 minute car drive, and you’ve got to remember buses are Infact slower. A tight time table because it won’t be stopping is setting up for failure. Realistically you need at least 12 minutes between departure of Denton Burn and departure of Metro Centre, and you absolutely need recovery time given the nature of the route