(06 Feb 2021, 8:48 pm)JP6004 wrote I can imagine the rascals that vandalise the buses around Peterlee would get off on saying I've bashed the bishop
I shouldn't find that funny but I did
(06 Feb 2021, 9:15 pm)Jimmi wrote From what I can tell prior to the brand being revised the tagline tended to indicate frequent buses for connections to: either Hartlepool, Dalton Park, Teesside & beyond or Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle & beyond which seemed to indicate to connect with another bus somewhere to reach another destination such as Newcastle on X9/X10 or the 61 to Sunderland at Dalton Park, Durham is a slightly odd one as it doesn't really connect with anything so let's assume it's alluding to the fact some of the services go to Durham.
Photo of branding before the slight refresh/removal of vinyls especially on windows: https://flic.kr/p/GFTwTR
Think fitting the 13 into the IndiGo cycle could be tricky as the interworking on some of those especially the ones into Durham are fairly complex and to add anything else in would be getting close to maximum driving hours before a break has to be taken, think some is around a 4 hour cycle between departing and arriving back into Peterlee with the 13 taking an hour.
Just tried to work it out there see what you mean now, seems to work on a 208 -> 204 -> 265 -> 202 circle by the looks of things with the reverse in the same skipping the 204 but the driver doing down to Station Town and back. Then again you could probably get arid of the 13 altogether and bar a few grumbles at first no-one would really care, the X20 does the same service even knowing it's a bit slow for Langley Park. Sacriston having the 16 and Witton Gilbert the X5/X15
Makes sense with the branding though tbf.