(08 Mar 2022, 5:56 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The merger of the X9 and X10, with the frequency reduction drove a lot of people off.
Everyone I know in Peterlee opts for the car now, and they were regular users of the X9 and X10.
Probably doesn't help they've scrapped all the other places people want to go to and unless you get an explorer ticket there's no way of getting there using GNE buses added with a brand new train station which is quicker to do the X10 route which is rammed lately which opened a similar time said routes got ditched.
Hartlepool and Durham in particular the two places, which are more closely connected than Newcastle. Plus Sunderland which is down to hourly unless you want to go on a magical mystery tour whereas Arriva offers all them under the one ticket all every 30 minutes and there's a Sunday service in the local estates which doesn't exist with GNE.
Unless you lived near the A19, the X9/X10 have always been hourly in Peterlee really.