(10 Sep 2021, 8:15 am)BusLoverMum wrote If they don't go around houses, then people won't catch them, either.
It’s a fine line though, I’ve got a friend who lives in Ludworth the only bus route is the Arriva 24 Durham-Hartlepool. She doesn’t drive, but actively refuses to go anywhere but Durham by bus, the journey to Durham is a pretty direct route. But the one towards Hartlepool goes round practically every estate to get to Peterlee Town Centre, Pennine Drive/Oakerside - I’m sure the whole route around Peterlee takes about 15 minutes. Too much around the houses, puts people off. One thing I will say I, I think it’s a decent decision to have the 62 avoid the estates in Easington Colliery, whilst those areas are losing one of their buses per hour, sending the service round there would just add too much time to an already long timetable.