(30 Jan 2022, 2:25 pm)omnicity4659 wrote I estimate a diversion via Byron Place will add at least 20 minutes to the route - pushing Newcastle-Middlesbrough to over 2 hours journey time, and Newcastle-Peterlee would take the same amount of time that the old X9 took to complete the full route...!Yeah, maybe I don't think it will be 20 mins, maybe 15 however it is already 30mins slower than the train, which means if u just miss a train, and their is a X10 in 30 mins u might aswell wait for the next train.
I think Seaham would probs get more passengers than Billingham - whenever I have been on the X10 more people got on a Dalton Park than Billingham or Stockton both ways.