(15 Jun 2023, 9:23 pm)Storx wrote Enjoyed that, honestly never heard of them before now. Interesting little history behind them, never realised there were bus wars in Durham aswell - I did know about the Darlington and Newcastle (Wallsend etc) ones though.
Also speaking of this route, https://www.northeastbuses.co.uk/bygone/...rd1989.pdf - it's as ironic as it can get that they're venturing back there 30 years later on a subsidised route, how times have changed for the worst.
maybe stagecoach needs to be back in darlo, stagecoach routes have always been local bus routes mostly especially in the north east, they could probably run the darlington town runs better than arriva