(26 Sep 2017, 8:14 pm)cbma06 wrote Before the original route became knowledge, I did mention to stagecoach that the route could serve the estates, original route I proposed was starting at grangetown terminus then head over to ryhope-tunstall estate-doxy park-Farringdon-thorney- grindon-Hastings hill then A19, same as x34 serving the estates but not the town.
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Problem is its not much of an express from Ryhope etc if it diverts through all those estates before running non stop from Hastings Hill. I think their existing X24 model straight out along a major artery is part of what makes the X24 appealing to passengers. I still think there could be a market for an X24 variant to run from City Centre along Durham Road, calling at Doxford Park at peak times then on to Newcastle non-stop. There's no competition (bus or metro) to Newcastle along the length of Durham Road.