(22 Oct 2024, 7:40 am)tvd wrote The X9 should be reintroduced, it complimented the X10 nicely, and both services could omit sections as before meaning quicker journey times.

It used to be a pleasure getting the X10 from Middlesbrough to Newcastle, now it is more of a chore with crowded buses and a long journey diverting through Billingham and Peterlee.

I'm not sure it's really needed. People doing Middlesbrough to Newcastle should really be using the train imo. 

So the improvements should be there instead. 

A short X10 from Peterlee to Newcastle wouldn't be the worst idea though using 2 extra buses. It's the sort of place where BSIP should've been used, not propping stuff up like the 21.

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(21 Oct 2024, 6:23 pm)BusEnthusiast.com wrote I’d say there is something needed in the Wallsend side of the Q3(St peters-wallsend) because it is horrible in terms of the timings as loads of the buses terminate at st. Peters and you can see that wallsend side is not served at all on Sundays and in the morning there is 1 bus every hour.I think gne needs to do something about that area.

And also need to increase the amount of Q3X bus services as well.

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The Q3 shouldn't exist at all from St Peters to Wallsend imo. The 18 should be doing that instead.

My tax shouldn't be funding 5 buses an hour along there it's just totally stupid.

You could then fund the full 18 route on an evening and Sundays with a PVR 2 instead of the short service which exists currently.