(06 Dec 2020, 10:43 pm)streetdeckfan wrote To be fair, the X21 does go basically the same way we go in the car.
Obviously there are a few little differences like missing out Spennymoor and Chester le Street because it's faster going a long the bypass, and we'd continue up the A1 instead of going through Low Fell because the traffic is a nightmare and you always get caught behind a bus! But the general route is basically the same.
We do sometimes use the A1 but it either means going past Amazon where the traffic is always bad, or going miles out the way to save a few minutes.
Surely most people would go by Amazon though especially Northbound, Southbound is a nightmare at that roundabout though with every takeaway company that exists now (literally) which I always forget it's name (starts with T though). Nevilles Cross is a nightmare at rush hour aswell though.
Whoever approved the Costa needs shot as they've pretty much made it impossible to widen now and it badly needs more lanes. Edit: Thinford.