Some Arriva suggestions for the routes in East Durham to hopefully make the best use of their resources, but also offer punctual network links and improvements for customers.

22: Service reduced to every 60 minutes, although service 23 will be returned to Sunderland to continue two buses per hour via Easington Colliery & service X22 will serve Shotton Colliery for all journeys, aswell as faster buses to Sunderland & Durham on services X22/X24. This service will no longer operate between Peterlee and Sunderland on an evening, with this segment transferred to new service 239.

22A: Service reintroduced between Peterlee and Durham to ensure there continues to be two buses per hour going via Wheatley Hill & Thornley (Mon - Sat Daytimes). This service will serve Oakerside & Pennine Drive in Peterlee opposed to via Burnhope Way to compensate the reduction in frequency on service 24.

23: Service reintroduced between Hartlepool and Sunderland with a 60 minute frequency throughout. Combining with the 22/24/X22/X24 to offer three buses per hour along common sections of route. The short journeys will be discontinued, with additional buses available on service 24/X24 between Hartlepool and Peterlee.

24: Service reduced to every 60 minutes, with the introduction of service X24 allowing the continuation of two buses per hour along common sections during the day.

239: Service reintroduced Monday to Saturday evenings to reflect DCC contract journeys between Sedgefield and Peterlee, but also to make better use of resources to ensure buses are not laying over for long periods of time at Peterlee, with an extension onto Sunderland replacing service 22 journeys.

- Journeys to Sunderland will replace evening journeys on service 22.
- Reintroduce an hourly evening frequency to Sunderland.

(Sedgefield | Fishburn | Trimdon | Wingate | Shotton Colliery | Acre Rigg Schools | Peterlee | Easington Colliery | Easington Village | Dalton Park | New Seaham | Ryhope | Grangetown | Sunderland)

X12: Service reduced to every 60 minutes throughout the route, with improved services X13/X22 complimenting frequencys across the route.

- Service will serve Fishburn opposed to Teesside Park.
- Service will run alongside service X22 to continue two buses per hour between Sedgefield and Middlesbrough.
- Service will be combined with service X13 to continue two buses per hour between Sedgefield and Durham, with an improved frequency onwards to Newcastle.

X13: New service that will combine with service X12 to offer two buses per hour between Newcastle, Durham and Sedgefield. This service will additionally serve Fishburn, which was an original proposal by Arriva, opening up new links to Durham & Newcastle, and also reinstating links to Darlington.

- Service will be combined with service X12 to offer two buses per hour between Newcastle and Sedgefield.
- Service will reinstate links between Sedgefield, Newton Aycliffe and Darlington.
- Service will offer new faster links to Darlington from Newcastle and Durham.
- Service will operate hourly Monday to Saturday Daytimes.

(Newcastle | Gateshead | Low Fell | Birtley | Chester-le-Street | Framwellgate Moor | Durham | Durham University | Bowburn | Coxhoe | Fishburn | Sedgefield | Newton Aycliffe | North Road | Darlington)

X22: Service will be reduced to every 60 minutes throughout, although will extend to Sunderland via Easington Village and New Seaham, aswell as extended back to Middlesbrough, ensuring there continues to be two buses per hour between Sedgefield and Middlesbrough.

Evening journeys that start from Sedgefield will be renumbered 239, although Sunday journeys will continue as normal.

- All journeys extended to Middlesbrough.
- All journeys extended to Sunderland via Easington Village & New Seaham.
- All journeys will serve Shotton Colliery.

(Middlesbrough | Stockton | North Tees Hospital | Thorpe Thewles | Sedgefield | Fishburn | Trimdon | Wingate | Shotton Colliery | Burnhope Way | Peterlee | Easington Village | New Seaham | Ryhope Village | Grangetown | Sunderland)

X24: New fast service that will reintroduce some quick links.

- Up to every 60 minutes (Mon - Sat Daytimes)
- Limited stop between Peterlee and Hartlepool, calling only at key stops.
- Offer faster buses between Durham, Peterlee & Hartlepool
- Peak journeys extend to Framwellgate Moor during term time.

(Durham | Sherburn Road | Sherburn Hill | B1283 | Haswell Plough | Haswell | Shotton Colliery | Burnhope Way | Peterlee | Horden | Blackhall Rocks | Crimdon | Hart Station | University Hospital | Hartlepool Marina)