(15 Nov 2022, 11:17 pm)Unber43 wrote X9 - Newcastle - Gateshead - Heworth - Dalton Park - Peterlee - Hartlepool - Billingham - Middlesbrough (it woueld not go to Stockton)
Only reason I suggest this is because the X10 is currently going via Hartlepool due to the closure of the A19, and it seems to be adding 10 mins onto to the journey, so roughly 20 mins during the day time, this could potentially help GNE get back into hartlepool offereing a link that many dont have who wouldn't use the train.
If you're going to do that might aswell terminate it at Hartlepool, running this https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.75974...a4!1m0!3e0
and running limited stop Peterlee - Horden Aldi - Blackhall Co-op - Crimdon Dene - Army Reserve Centre (Hartlepool, there's currently no bus service here - for hospital) - Powlett Road, May Street (Hartlepool, there's currently no bus service here) - ASDA / National Museum of the Royal Navy (Hartlepool) - Hartlepool and that's it.
Every Hour - Mon to Sat
Every 2 Hours - Sunday (extend Peterlee shorts)
Newcastle - Peterlee is the busiest part of the route so trying 30 minutes with maybe a few extra punters picked up from beyond there might make it sustainable. The part from Hartlepool to Middlesbrough is just competing against Stagecoach and is too long winded from Peterlee so pointless.