(20 Mar 2023, 6:18 pm)RobinHood wrote I think Arriva were commercial between Durham and Kelloe originally on 57 and Durham to Trimdon on 57A.
Kelloe to Hartlepool and Trimdon to Hartlepool (formally a 33!) are the contacted elements.
I think you are right though, Arriva originally registered a Durham to Trimdon, but looks like DCC have asked them to do something different whilst they procure the connection. All very last minute!
Aye wasn't sure on the Hartlepool to Trimdon bit. It all seems a bit of a mess to me, the 57A surely would be the better service to be linked to Durham than what is since the vast majority of the 57(58) has the 22 serving it anyway or a frequent service to connect to another service in Wingate.
Instead we've got the Trimdon's with no link to Durham and people are living in cloud cuckoo land if they expect people to change onto a 2 hour service with no doubt no guaranteed connection.