Some of these service changes are just a reversal of the previous round of changes that simply haven't worked. Take the 78, the passenger figures fell through the floor when it stopped serving pelton and Grange villa, the extension to Castleside was only made possible by omitting the above.
On the 47 going down through Bridgehill, does seem a strange move. Will it turn up snows green road and head to the hospital before coming back down via the current route via medomsley edge?. Will it encourage passengers to the bus, don't think so. Its adding around 25 mins to the current journey time.
X70 I think is probably the right move, except those from Dipton now only have the X72 which takes longer.
RE: Go North East: Major Service Changes July 2022