(30 Dec 2019, 8:10 pm)S813 FVK wrote The OK1 was the service that went to the likes of Crook, Darlington, West Auckland etc that you said was needed a couple of posts back and it still only lasted 18 months.
Even when people had the reason to buy a GNE ticket with the connection to the X21 in Bishop Auckland, it wasn't enough to combat the dominance of Arriva.
But the issue is it's one service, one route.
Arriva have services that run all over County Durham.
Until GNE have a network of routes around County Durham, perhaps not to the scale of Arriva, but covers the major towns and villages, the odd service will not be viable.