(07 Sep 2021, 5:45 pm)Train8261 wrote Looking at what it says for X Lines
Welcome to X-lines, your fast, direct bus links from Go North East to get you to work, to the shops, or off for a nice day out. Don't drive, get driven.
Buses are comfortable and easy to spot in their smart gold colour scheme. With free Wi-Fi and USB charging on board, great value fares, next-stop announcements and drivers that are helpful and friendly, it really is the best way to go
It doesn't exactly say that it's a limited stop service. It just says fast and direct links. Which in terms It does
X1 get you to Queen Elizabeth and Springwell quicker than the 56 and Washington to Houghton quicker than the 4
X5/X15 get you to Consett quicker than the 16/16A
X20 get you to Durham quicker than the 20
X21 get you to Durham quicker than the 21
Can't really say the X30/X31/X70/X71/X71/X45/X46 as there doesn't seem to be a bus from Newcastle to Stanley or Consett for them to compete with
X84/X85 get you to Hexham quicker than the 10
The only service bu Go North East you count as limited stops is the X9/X10
Others count as the X66 and X22
X22 is quicker than changing at Chester Le Street to Gateshead then X66 to Metrocentre
X66 is granted a route that only needs to stop at Gateshead and Handy Drive Bus depot and Metrocentre only. Considering after Gateshead it heads along Askew Road then joins up with the other buses to Metrocentre. I don't understand when I've been on it (Before changes and even after) people get on the X66 yet it stops at the exact same stops as the (10/10A/10B/97(before changes)& 6) yet they all get on the X66 when a ten has passed the bus stop seconds before
It's like that meme of all the buses lined up and the person shouting ill get the one at the back. Regent Centre towards Newcastle suffers the most. No matter what bus in front. They will always get the one I'm on. Like even if it was a 43 and 44 following each other
See personally I don't see the X5 / X15 are express at all. The 16/16A is just a totally different bus route. To make the X5/X15 express you'd have to have one service which stops everywhere as it does now. Then have a second service which says runs non stop from Durham to Delves Lane maybe stopping at the hospital and one bus stop in Lanchester and that's it (not going through Witton Gilbert etc).
The 1/X1 is a good example of that down in Darlington with the 1 stopping everywhere then the X1 running pretty much non stop to Shildon.
The X70/X71 are a funny one as they're similar to the X7/X8 which I said were an express being a quick 97 pretty much. They're both debatable though. The X1 is express aswell forgot about it ngl.