(25 Mar 2023, 2:53 pm)Lollist wrote 57 was a terrible route. I got in it last year to go to durham took 2 and a half hours and no one got on round all the collories it would make moeny if it stoped at Durham Kelloe and then Hartlepool could be called X57
It doesn't take that long, it just feels slow if you do the full thing which I can't imagine many people would want to do.
Your suggestion is essentially the 57A except for seemingly not serving Trimdon Village.
I still doubt the demand for a fast Durham to Hartlepool run is there.
The routes are the way they are to serve all the villages so they can go to Durham, Hartlepool or between the villages along the route and these stretches are supported by the council so Arriva have little choice in routes.