Firstly would like to say good luck to Dan and everyone at North Star and hope the Metrocentre express are successful.

As for the point of Beamish I actually agree it would be good to get easier public transport there but I think like a few other locations in the North East ( those been diggerland, Lightwater Valley, Flamingoland ) it’s one for the coach companies to up there game with by offering cheap day trips to these places as I don’t see it been viable for buses as you generally go early and come back around mid to late afternoon so not really places people generally go to thoughout the day.

One other service to Metrocentre was the X99 that terminated at Seaton Carew and survived quite a few years into Stagecoach ownership think it only ended around 2003/2004

If the company is successful then ai hope Dan will consider Hartlepool and Teesside some day as they plenty of gaps that need filling here.