(05 Aug 2015, 9:25 am)LeeCalder wrote Just too add to the discussion, can anyone remember the 730?
I'm sure that was the route that went from Chester-le-Street to Ouston via Birtley and Perkinsville?
I can. Sure it went via Drum and North Lodge at one point too.
Memory is hazy here, but an independent (Cousins?) had it in the early 90's. It seemed to come and go until GNE took it on in the early 2000's.