(10 Dec 2021, 11:44 am)cbma06 wrote Day tickets might be better , depends on the length of journey though, I’m sure GNE would prefer to sell there day tickets etc…Speaking of the X1 - The Dalton Park leg has been a nightmare, most whcih I get run however it runs 3 mins after the X10 to newcaslte (doesn't help) + I tried to get one the other day and it turned around at Easington Lane (It was 3 mins early) and never came. Nothing on any social media.
The extensions of x1 to Dalton park and Peterlee might look good through passengers eyes but since there are other services duplicating those extension sections by the same bus company and since the 65 have been turned into a bigger bus and frequency been doubled , GNE could advertise the 65 to Dalton Park connection on there X1 timetables and on the bus to promote the connection, same as the X1 to Easington lane and onward connection with service 55 and 62 to Peterlee, probably more towards service 55 as it’s a bigger bus than the 62, I’m surprised GNE are duplicating there routes since there’s a pandemic on and it’s been said that there still making a loss or the money from the government will shortly be going and there have to start making cut backs?.
The X1 extension that GNE should of looked into was extending some journeys from Easington Lane towards Haswell/Shotton/Wheatley Hill/side of Thornley and Ludworth back up the side of Haswell to Easington Lane, which would of been links between the villages and lost connection to Hetton/Houghton and towards Washington to Newcastle which were lost decades ago.
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I also think the X1 extension to Dp could go further it has a 15 min wait it could extend to Seaham however the Peterlee & DP services are regularly 10-15 mins late.
Also no one really knows about the X1's to Dalton Park atleast. Whenever I have got it they have askd the driver how long as this been running, as they quickly leave to get onto the X10 which comes 3 mins before it.