Open Line today.
I asked about the X3 Sunderland to Newcastle:

Hello GNE, Theres a rumour doing the rounds that the X3 Sunderland to Newcastle is getting withdrawn, can you let me know if this rumour of withdrawling this service is true?.
Can i place a suggestion about the X3 service, will it not be better to extend this service from Sunderland to Peterlee Bus Station via Dalton Park with the service being express and running only at major destinations along the route (example: Sunderland Interchange-Grangetown-Ryhope-Dalton Park-Easington-Peterlee Bus Station), so passengers from the X9/X10 from Middlesbrough, Stockton and Billingham can change at Peterlee bus station for the proposed X3 from Peterlee and Sunderland, and also GNE passsengers travelling from Hartlepool to Sunderland as passengers wishing to travel between Peterlee and Hartlepool to Sunderland doesnt want to add to there travel to go via Hetton and Houghton and the rush hour traffic in the mornings and afternoon is horridious on Durham Road and Doxford international.

GNE replied : I have heard these rumours too but I assure you we have no plans to withdraw service X3 at the current time. We continually review our services to ensure that they best meet the needs of our customers. Service X3 will next be reviewed in May 2013, and no changes to the service will take place before then.
Thank you for the suggestion of a new express between Peterlee and Sunderland - we will keep it in mind in any future service reviews in the area.