(26 Apr 2021, 2:07 pm)Adrian wrote I agree that its a strange ranking. I wouldn't advocate entering a race to the bottom, but out of all the Divisions in County Durham, it is probably one of the best for links and variety of links, having not only several bus routes (to several destinations) and the railway station.

However, in my opinion, quotes like this are part of the reason why we have such a problem with transport provision: 
"Independent town councillor for the West ward Ken Robson said: “A lot of people I know don’t use public transport. From my point of view I really don’t think there’s any major problems with transport.
“I can get in my car and drive to the Lakes in an hour and a quarter. I can drive to the coast at Redcar in about 40 minutes. I can drive up to Newcastle in 50 minutes. The A1M is a great road.”

It doesn't matter how much effort and energy that transport operators put into encouraging people onto greener public transport, when you have the people (Councillors) who should be scrutinising transport provision taking the attitude of "I have a car, so I'm alright, Jack."

I wonder if timetables are a factor.
Vaguely remember Jimmi talking about services starting late on a Sunday and him being unable to get to rallies and the like.
Yes, there's the train - but services on that line are pretty limited.