(20 Mar 2021, 6:46 pm)Rapidsnap wrote Plenty of fares from Newcastle to Peterlee. Hope they build recovery time at Peterlee as those with passes rush to the front of the bus and scan them.I expect special fares will apply - the service isn't really about local journeys and probably shouldn't set down passengers southbound or pick up passengers northbound on the Newcastle - Middlesbrough section of route. They could deter that by just having a flat fare on the route - so yes the pass holders can buy their singles to Peterlee, but they'll be more than a single to Peterlee on the X9 and the same as a single to Whitby/Scarborough instead. That'd also stop passengers taking up capacity on this longer distance service when they could use the X9/X10.
RE: New service X11
There's been a lot made of the earlier departure times heading south, but I'm more glad to see the later departure times heading north. Day trippers from the North East can now spend six full hours in Scarborough, or seven and a half in Whitby - that's 90 minutes more than the old X60.