(04 Aug 2015, 11:02 pm)S813 FVK wrote Services that served Stanley and Consett from 3rd September 2005 (NOT including scholars):
X7: Consett - Annfield Plain - Stanley - Chester-le-Street - Washington - Sunderland
X30/X31: Lanchester - Greencroft (X31) - Annfield Plain - Stanley - Shield Row - Sunnside - Gateshead - Newcastle
43/43A/43B: Stanley - Tantobie - Burnopfield - Sunniside - Whickham - Metrocentre (43/43A) - Gateshead (43B) - Newcastle 43B Sunday Only
44/44A/44B: Stanley - Annfield Plain - Burnopfield (44) - Whickham - Metrocentre - Newcastle
45/46/46A: Consett - Genesis Way (45) - Blackhill (45/46) - Shotley Bridge - Medomsley (46A) - Rowlands Gill - Metrocentre - Newcastle
73: Stanley - South Stanley - Craghead - Pelton Fell - Chester-le-Street
700: Stanley - Annfield Plain - Flint Hill - Dipton
704: Stanley - South Stanley (Hollyhill Gardens) - Stanley interworked with services 718/720
709/728: Stanley - East Stanley (709) - Beamish (709) - South Moor (728) - Grange Villa (728) - Ouston - Birtley - Gateshead - Newcastle
710/711: Stanley - South Stanley (710) - South Moor (711) - Quaking Houses
712: Stanley - Annfield Plain - Maiden Law - Burnhope
714/715: Stanley - Tantobie - Hobson (715) - Lintz Estate (714) - Burnopfield - Rowlands Gill
718/719/720: Shotley Bridge (719) - Consett (718/719) - Leadgate (718/719) - Annfield Plain (718/719) - Stanley - South Stanley (719) - South Moor (718) - Beamish (720) - Sacriston - Durham 718 extended to Consett evening to Sundays only. Interworked with services 704/720
729: Stanley - South Moor - South Stanley - Craghead - Grange Villa - Pelton - Chester-le-Street
743: Consett - Bridgehill
745/746: Consett - Delves Lane - Consett
747: Consett - The Grove - Moorside - Castleside
750: Consett - Crookhall
756: Consett - Leadgate - Medomsley - The Dene
758/759: Consett - Bridgehill (758) - Blackhill (759) - Shotley Bridge - Blackhall Mill - Chopwell
765/766: Shotley Bridge (765) - Castleside (766) - Consett - Leadgate (765) - Delves Lane (766) - Lanchester - Witton Gilbert - Durham
770/772: Consett - Burnopfield - Sunniside - Whickham (772) - Lobley Hill - Gateshead - Newcastle
775/778: Consett - Leadgate - Catchgate (778) - Annfield Plain - Stanley - Beamish - Pelton - Chester-le-Street - Shiney Row - Sunderland
794: Stanley - Tantobie - Burnopfield - Sunniside - Whickham - Lobley Hill - Longbenton DSS Monday to Friday only
818: Stanley - South Stanley - Craghead - Edmondsley - Sacriston - Durham
933: Rowlands Gill - Burnopfield - Sunniside - Lobley Hill - Team Valley
934: Consett - Leadgate - Annfield Plain - Stanley - Sunniside - Lobley Hill - Team Valley
Apologies if i have missed any services out. Tried to combine as many as i could.
It did make a lot more sense when bus numbers told you something about where the buses served eg 7xx for a lot of Co Durham. The current trend for the shortest numbers possible is potentially confusing, particularly with multiple operators. For example, ther's three 58 buses that I can think of in the Northeast. Fine for locals, but rubbish for anyone travelling through the whole region by public transport.