(05 Jul 2022, 3:40 pm)Drifter60 wrote I’m not too sure that’s correct really. In East Durham: 

• 55 Withdrawn - links to Sunderland from South Hetton reduced to 1ph on increased journey time, Doxford link removed also. 
  
• 62 Withdrawn - No link to Seaham from South Hetton and Easington (or Horden) + evening journeys Peterlee to Dalton Park not replaced, Princess Road left with no service. 
  
• 65 heavily cut back - Sunday service going two hourly, evening journeys scrapped. 
  
• 61 reduced - daytime to half hourly, instead of every 20 mins / Sunday buses now hourly 
  
• 60 small reduction - evening timetable on a Sunday is hourly + night buses withdraw. 
  

I’m sure others could do similar for other areas. Although I get the point the cuts perhaps aren’t as drastic as they might have been (and things such as the 60 night buses were a recent development) but there’s still some pretty impactful cut backs.

That is the main issue, 61 should have been kept every 20 mins with 1 bus per hour named 61A or 60A, however at the Mill INN turn left onto Station Road, Seaham, Dawdon,Parkside, Princess Road, Graham Way, then the current 61 route to dalton park then 62 route

65 is always busy on a sunday from both Durham and Seaham bad move, and the 65 evening Journeys imo the last two from both directions should have been withdrawn but no other ones. 

55 Should have been kept Hourly, and the current timetable till 9am, and after 2pm till 6pm. (use the current 62/X6 drivers as I am pretty sure they get paid less)