(16 Jun 2023, 4:55 pm)Jimmi wrote Think the main reason many of the services in and around Bishop Auckland are the way they are is due to neither of ANE and GNE having bases in or even near Bishop Auckland anymore, 6 & X21 certainly with them operating from Belmont and Riverside for the X21, granted Arriva has a depot in Darlington but only way you could really make anything work would be tagging a load of services into the interworking pattern with service 5, I imagine there is certainly some through traffic beyond Bishop Auckland Town Centre so probs about the best form they realistically could be.

To be fair Darlington is just as far time wise, both roughly 20 - 25 minutes away if using the bus station.

Let's be honest the place has been forgot about for the best part of 2 decades now ever since GNE pulled out. Half the routes were never replaced really. Some of the worst served areas around there, if I'm right didn't Newton Aycliffe actually win that 'award' relatively recently. Sure I can remember reading that sometime.

It's the sort of place on paper that should do well aswell really, can't imagine car usage is high at the place but I could be wrong. Always reminds me of Consett and Ashington which both have a much better service, mind Consett is starting to get debateable with the cut, cut, cut that's been happening there recently.