(27 Jun 2022, 12:37 am)6049 wrote 65 interworking would be spot on for driving time and cutting out remote changeovers. Drop the East Durham Explorer brand and stick the Prince Bishops livery on the route (with a refresh). The 24 will surely be corporate anyway as it'll interwork with the 26 I'd imagine.
Grabbed some random times off the web to see how the current 65 and 20 timings would work and stuck a 7m layover in at each terminus:
00:00 - SUN
00:57 - DUR
01:05 - DUR
02:03 - SEA
02:10 - SEA
03:09 - DUR
03:16 - DUR
04:10 - SUN
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It wouldn't work with a 7 minute layover on the 65 as you'll have two buses in Durham at the same time.
10:00 - Sunderland to Durham
11:07 - Durham to Seaham
12:15 - Seaham to Durham
13:22 - Durham to Sunderland
12:15 - Sunderland to Durham
13:22 - Durham to Sunderland
The 65 has to be hourly or 75 minutes so it comes back on the 37/07 minute boards.