(11 Dec 2024, 8:50 pm)Jimmi wrote 208? Problems with that are: it takes 27 minutes just to reach Easington from Peterlee, plus it would likely be rather awkward to schedule/resource especially when all the 'Peterlee Purples' already have to run on/off the X6 since the outstation at Peterlee was done away with.

Aye that's true, mind could maybe interwork it with the 79 and make a long route from Peterlee through to Barnwell? The 79 works atm so it's not off the track.

Something like - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.75934...?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

It would be PVR neutral if I'm right as you should be able to get from Easington to Houghton in less than 30 minutes surely.

I know you'd lose the South Hetton to Murton link but not sure that's really needed and would open links to Dalton Park from both ends which might pick up a few punters here and there since there's no links to Dalton Park from Houghton etc.

Obviously it's slightly longer than now but let's be honest there's probably not a million people from Murton going to Peterlee anyway, not sure why the hell anyone would want to go there. Links to Houghton is probably a fair compromise with the Tesco etc.