(04 Nov 2021, 11:36 pm)L469 YVK wrote The 6 moving to Chester Le Street and interworking with the 25 would be the most obvious interworking pattern although there'd be pitfalls such as traffic hotspots on both routes, meaning that should anything kick off around the MetroCentre or Swalwell, passengers on the 25 would lose out.

Saying that.........if the X30's / X70's interworking pattern proved to become too tight and ended up going standalone (X70/X71/X72 = 7x) & (X30/X31 = 5x), the X30/X31 could be moved to Chester Le Street also taking into account that CLS is closer to Stanley than Consett.

6 & 25 wouldn't be ideal at all as its practically on the edge of max driving hours before a break must be taken on the runs that extend to Lanchester plus what would the 12 interwork with to avoid having to do staff shuttles up to Blaydon or Winlaton?