(29 Jul 2021, 3:40 pm)Stanleyone wrote Dipton to Durham never lost its direct route to Durham. In terms of craghead to Newcastle the old 43/44/44a route took an absolute age, it was great in terms of shift length, most folk would travel to Stanley and change onto the X30/X31 or via the 78 route to CLS then onto X21.
Things have changed with home working and businesses closing down, so unfortunately these changes will partly be down to the last 18 months.
Dunno about you, but I've not got a clue what is happening regarding covid19 and the future of homeworking/office working.
To base a commercial decision on something that has existed for 18months and might end next month (seeing homeworking end and retail pick back up at the Metrocentre), seems very short sighted.
I struggle to see how a commercial team can decide a route is no longer viable, because of the last 18months and totally skewed data.
They were certainly keen to have the Stanley to Metrocentre market sewn up when Stanley Taxi's had their MC Solo's.