(05 Apr 2022, 1:46 pm)Storx wrote Wonder if there would be a better case for flipping Sunderland for Washington. It's a much larger area and has much more connections including a Metro connection. Most people connecting at Washington could easily get to Sunderland / Gateshead or Peterlee depending where they are.
Driving wise it's only 5 or minutes difference rather than a 15 minute extension.
For me I think it would be more beneficial to have two separate services which cover the local areas for example:
X11 - Newcastle - Gateshead - Chester-Le-Street - Durham - Darlington - Whitby - Scarborough
X11A - Washington Galleries - Sunderland - Peterlee - Billingham - Stockton - Middlesbrough - Whitby - Scarborough