(21 Jan 2023, 1:25 pm)F114TML wrote Considering the major lost link is Seaham Harbour/Dawdon to Peterlee via Easington, I think that's not going to be very productive - it'd just be the 203 but extended to Chester-le-Street, especially given what you said above, so prob best as a new route entirely if they fancied (which they clearly don't)

Still somewhat surprised that the 62 was cancelled in its own right, considering some of the Council funded services that exist. It was certainly one that I would of thought would be worthy of subsiding, especially when Princess Road and Dawdon are left without service or with no buses to Murton/Dalton Park. But then again I do think is it short sightedness of the operator withdrawing it. Always seemed to get decent loads. I still think the 62 Peterlee to Seaham via South Hetton and Murton at least should be brought back and that 61 extension binned off, I still hear people complaining about it ‘looping Murton twice’ etc. feels like it takes forever, I’ve done it once before. 

I hear DCC are using money to fund bus services. I wonder where that’ll be spent. Lots in South Hetton still want the 55 back, seen comments just recently about it. I think the 61 extension just isn’t working.