(23 Oct 2015, 4:37 pm)Davie wrote A service which operates between Newcastle and Darlington like either the 723 or 724 used to.
724 is basically the X21 as it went to Bishop Auckland, it was the 722/723 that ran Darlington - Newcastle.
Can't see this sort of service happening again anytime soon, especially as from Darlington it has to compete with the train which is more than three times faster than the bus would be. Also judging by the passenger loadings/trends on the 7, most people travel locally eg. Darlington - Newton Aycliffe, Ferryhill - Durham don't think that many actually do the full route. Also for Go North East to do a service between these points the times wouldn't really work out well as if it was timed between the X21 you would end up with it having a long layover in Darlington (I've thought of this idea before).
For these reasons I can't see such thing happening anytime soon, especially after the last time GNE tried to launch a competing service to Arriva in the Darlington area (OK1).