(03 Jan 2014, 8:11 pm)Kuyoyo wrote You want to pay the money to fit 9 buses with tachographs plus a few of the red spares as back-up? Unless you did advertise a through connection but have it as a split service to avoid the need for tachographs as per the X7.
And who is going to sit on a bus between Newcastle & Hartlepool for two and a half hours! If GNE want provide a service between them then just extend X1 from Easington Lane to Hartlepool every 30 min instead of X35. With three extra vehicles on X1 it would fit nicely.