(24 Apr 2019, 6:22 am)Ianthegoon wrote .... but removes the express option to Peterlee!
(OK, so perhaps I'd far rather be on my way to Durham than to Peterlee!!)
I think talking about "giving passengers ... express option to Durham" is really just smoke and mirrors on a forum such as this, where, from the first half of your answer, it's clear that that's just how it drops out operationally from the new interworking, and that there'll be winners and losers on the passenger front.
Particularly as passengers on a chunk of the route are seeing their frequency drop and direct routes lost.
As long as they have 'an express option to Durham', then everything is ok?