(28 Jun 2023, 8:33 pm)Jimmi wrote Some more revisions to the originally announced set of changes taking place next weekend following discussions with councillors and begging bowls.
Some aren't quite clear in this post circulating, 19 isn't withdrawn but revised to no longer serve West Park and is unclear which 5/5A they're referring to (presumably the one on Teesside).
There's also suggestions about some form of combination with services 12 & 17 at some stage in the future.
It's likely the teesside 5/5a because the cuts for the darlington one where mostly just merging the 5 and 5a into a single 5, the sunday services on that aren't too badly affected
(19 Jun 2023, 7:08 pm)Storx wrote I always think it's a shame they can't work with existing routes as extensions - just to pick a few out of the bag:
X75 and X76, plus 95 and 96
56 and 8 (Weardale)
6 and 85
1 and 84 to Stanley (Crook)
X46 and 84, other half (Crook)
113, 8A (Arriva)
They'd all arguably offer better services offering longer routes, rather that infrequent short routes to places where people don't want to be.
the 1 to tow law already does the 84 route to stanley, for x46 i think tow law and stanhope would be the best extensions as the crook estates don't need full arriva double deckers, with the 113 and 8a it likely wouldn't work because the 8 and 8a are interworked so there wouldn't be a way to add in the 113.