(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- The 202 can be withdrawn as a result of this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
Good to see more realistic ideas coming up, we on quite good form in the suggestion stakes
How does this sound
X4 - MetroCentre-Newcastle-Washington-Shiney Row-Houghton-Seaton Lane-Seaham-Dalton Park-Murton
X34 - Newcastle-MetroCentre-Washington-Waterview Park-Seaham-Dalton Park-Murton-Easington Lane-Peterlee-Blackhall-Hartlepool
Services starting at the MetroCentre would not go into Eldon Square, stopping somewhere like Central Station or near the Gate.
It would be non-stop between Newcastle and MetroCentre, as well as MetroCentre-Washington using the Western Bypass. Your Moorsley idea is interested but is most of Moorsley within walking distance or a very short hop on the 35 for the X1 already, if I was to incorporate Moorsley into the debate, I would suggest extending the X1 to cover that area and leave X4/X34 concentrating on East Durham. Obvously it decreases E.Lanes service to Newcastle, but an every 12 minute service is still a very good frequency on X1