(21 Sep 2013, 6:29 am)W179SCU wrote Good Ideas Adam! - I love the X34 suggestion, but would it be worth starting from Newcastle and changing the route a little bit so Newcastle can have a new Hartlepool express? Combine the X34 with my X4 and you get:
X4 - Newcastle-Washington-Waterview Park-Seaham-Dalton Park-Murton-Hetton-Low Moorsley
X34 - Newcastle-Washington-Waterview Park-Seaham-Dalton Park-Murton-Easington Lane-Peterlee-Blackhall-Hartlepool
- Your getting a 30-minute service from Newcastle to Washington, Seaham and Murton
- The 202 can be withdrawn as a result of this
- Newcastle benifits from a new express service to Hartlepool
Like the idea, I would also like to see GNE compete with Arriva on some routes to Hartlepool,
Amended X35 Sunderland-Grangetown-Ryhope-Dalton Park-Peterlee-Blackhall-Hartlepool every 30 mins during the day, hourly on a night, sunday and bank holidays.
New Service
235 East Durham Sunderland-Durham Road-Board Inn-Houghton-Hetton-Easington Lane-South Hetton-Easington Village-Peterlee-Horden-Blackhall-Hartlepool Hospital-Hartlepool Interchange every hour during the day, short Sunderland-Peterlee on evenings, sundays and bank holidays