(20 Jun 2025, 5:52 pm)morritt89 wrote It's great to see small operators filling gaps in the market whereas the big boys seem to be keeping with the same old rather than trying something new  (and shrinking networks as well for that matter).

I note previous comments and questions regarding Durham and Chester Le Street expresses to the Metrocentre. Wasn't there also a similar service operated by Arriva (possibly started at Bishop Auckland) ?

X24, this went back to OK Travel days primarily running from Bishop Auckland & Spennymoor (possibly Durham too?) with I think some journeys either extending to Cockfield or was a through connection, became GNE through takeovers then fell into Arriva operation after GNE closed their Bishop depot, continued to run to Bishop for a while but eventually got chopped to just do Durham to Metrocentre via Birtley.

(20 Jun 2025, 6:09 pm)Andreos1 wrote Theres been a few variations of the Metrocentre 'Durham' expresses with  random destinations.

Fishburn and Broomside probably being the most obscure places to appear on the blinds.

There was the X27, another old throwback like the X24, eventually passing to Arriva and started at Sedgefield. Pygalls brought it back some time after ANE binned it, think it started at Thornley and ran via Peterlee and Washington Galleries, was just one trip in each direction.