(28 Jan 2016, 11:50 am)MrFozz wrote I have used the X7 every now and again...Used it a number of times south of Peterlee.
It seems to have good loads between Sunderland and Seaham, most people who are going to Seaham will get on X7 instead of the 60 when it is in(think it is about 5/10 mins quicker than the 60 to Seaham) and there also quite a few between Seaham and Peterlee, not quite sure about Sunderland-Peterlee or how it does South of Peterlee
It seems to be used just as a local service to/from the likes of Wingate and Station Town during the day.
There seem to be a few use it from Boro and Stockton as an alternative to the X9/10 too - commuters and student types, both for the full stretch from Peterlee and from Wingate/Station Town.
I used the circa 1515 (?) out of Boro once and was expecting it to be full of school kids from Wellfield as we got there about 30mins later.
Just a few kids with their parents got on.