(23 Jan 2023, 7:28 pm)Storx wrote Personally if your going to do stuff like that I'd be more radical and do something like especially if there was inter working tickets between Arriva and GNE:
X5: Current Route to Dalton Park, 61 Murton Loop (Every 30 Minutes)
X6: No Changes (Hourly)
X7: Old 62 Route omitting Easington (Hourly)
60: Remain Every 15 Minutes
22/23/60: Every 7.5 Minutes from The Mallard to Sunderland
61: Withdrawn Completely - The X5 is no longer and removes overbussing between the Mallard and Ryhope.
65: Current Route (Hourly)
65/71: Every 30 Minutes Seaham to Station Road
66: Durham to Easington Lane as current 65, 55 route to Easington, 208 to Peterlee (Hourly)
65/66: Every 30 Minutes Durham to Hetton

Haven't worked out the PVR but would be surprised if it's anymore than now and would shut up most the complaints around there.

On paper the 22/23 should be ran by GNE, and tbh the only reason they get passengers is if a GNE bus is either quite late or they're going past Dalton Park. Even for Peterlee to Sunderland, students get free travel so that helps the numbers however a lot of them just used to get the 62/X6.