(26 Jan 2020, 9:29 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Unless you have a day ticket, direct services are a lot cheaper than having to change.But a castles day saver is £6.30 so cheaper than a return.
A single on the X1 from Washington to Gateshead is £3.60. The X66 from Gateshead to Metrocentre is £3.10. That's £6.70 to go ~10 miles.
A single ticket on the X21 from Tindale Crescent to Newcastle, a journey of nearly 30 miles is only £5.30. A return is only £6.50 so you can go from Bishop Auckland to Newcastle, and back, for less than Washington to Metrocentre!
If we look at it cynically, the reason why direct services are none existent is because not having a direct service promotes the use of more expensive day tickets!
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