(25 Feb 2020, 6:33 pm)mb134 wrote Contracted route, but tied in with the 448(?) school duty I believe hence the decker allocation M-F.
The 19 being withdrawn doesn't surprise me too much, the downsizing from single deck to minibus was probably a good sign of the impending demise.
Taking into account that Arriva are the main operator in the area, for *most* journeys people wouldn't been to travel on the 19 and pay for a further ticket, especially with the extension of the 43 alongside the established 57 giving connections to most destinations that the 19 offered.
That's the same issue GNE have with the X21, the only people who would realistically use it are the people travelling north of Durham, if you're going anywhere else it makes more sense to just buy an Arriva ticket and use the 6.