(10 Oct 2023, 6:03 am)Andreos1 wrote No, it ran alongside them for a bit.
Pretty sure the 721 only went in the 2006 changes.
Yeah it was killed off around the same time the 728 and 709 if I remember where most of the Birtley and Low Fell services were reduced to just a 21 and some local services. I think the 23 stopped serving its original Malone Gardens terminus around then too.
You’re of course correct with me mixing Percy and Newgate St up, the 777 and 724 used to depart from outside Bourgogne.
On the original topic. The 183 must have had a canny few stops in it mind. I also recall catching the 231 from Newcastle to Hartlepool…I think I had two birthdays and went bald during that run…