Some suggestions for the East Durham area to try fill some gaps & offer some new services that may be more well used than the current offering of services.

22/23/24/X22: Withdrawn & replaced by Services 211 - 216/X23/X24.

X12: Reduced to an hourly frequency, with short journeys between Durham and Middlesbrough renumbered as X13 to reflect route change.

X13: Simple renumbering of short X12 journeys between Durham and Middlesbrough, with a revised route additionally serving Thrope Theweles & North Tees Hospital, although no longer serving Tees Barrage or Teesside Park, instead operating direct between Stockton and Middlesbrough via the A66.

This change will allow the overall withdrawal of service X22 between Sedgefield and Middlesbrough & ensure service provision continues to be available, albeit for some by changing buses at Sedgefield.

X23 FAST EXPRESS LINKING DURHAM, EASINGTON & HARTLEPOOL DIRECT.

(Durham Bus Station | Gilesgate | Sherburn Road | Dragonville | Belmont, Sportsman's Arms | Low Pittington | High Pittington | Elemore Lane | Easington Lane | South Hetton | Easington Village | Easington Colliery | Peterlee | Horden, Yoden Way | Blackhall | Crimdon | University Hospital | Hartlepool)

The service will operate every hour, combining with service 213/214/X24 to offer up to four buses per hour between Durham, East Durham and Hartlepool.

X24: FAST EXPRESS LINKING DURHAM, PETERLEE & HARTLEPOOL DIRECT.

(Durham Bus Station | Gilesgate | Sherburn Road | Dragonville | Sherburn Village Front Street | Sherburn Hill | Haswell Plough | Shotton Colliery | Burnhope Way | Peterlee Bus Station | Horden, Yoden Way | Blackhall | Crimdon | University Hospital | Hartlepool)

Darlington 5: Service extended to Ferryhill from Bishop Auckland via Coundon, allowing an increase in frequency on this section of route, and offer new connections to Shildon.

56: Service will only run between Durham and Ferryhill for all journeys. Service 5 is extended from Bishop Auckland to Ferryhill to replace this section.

211: Service X22 renumbered with adjustments. The service will no longer serve Wingate or operate between Sedgefield and Stockton/Middlesbrough, instead operating to Easington Village & Darlington, with these extensions reinstating service provision. New service X13 will operate as a suitable alternative between Sedgefield and Stockton/Middlesbrough.

(Easington Village | Easington Colliery | Peterlee | Shotton Colliery | Wheatley Hill | Thornley | Trimdon Station | Trimdon | Fishburn | Sedgefield | Newton Aycliffe | Darlington)

212: Service 22 renumbered. Reduced to every 60 minutes across the route. However, additional service provision will be available along sections of route as listed below:

58 (Durham To Wheatley Hill) - will continue operating to offer an additional service between these two destinations.

211 (Easington Village To Thornley) will ensure there continues to be two buses per hour going from Peterlee to Easington Village via Easington Colliery & three buses per hour going between Peterlee, Wheatley Hill and Thornley.

215 (Durham To Peterlee via Wheatley Hill, combining with service 212 to continue two buses per hour on this section)

216 (Wheatley Hill To Sunderland) will ensure there are enough buses are linking these two destinations, with additional buses along the Dalton Park To Sunderland corridor.

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213: Service 113/X22 renumbered. Reduced to every 60 minutes, with a route change.

(Peterlee | Wingate | Deaf Hill | Trimdon | Trimdon Station | Fishburn | Sedgefield | Fishburn | Bishop Middleham | Mainsforth | Ferryhill Station | Ferryhill)

This service will allow the withdrawal of service 113, whilst improving the section of route between Ferryhill and Sedgefield to offer onward travel to Peterlee and Hartlepool without changing buses.

This service will also ensure there continues to be two buses per hour between Sedgefield and Peterlee.

214: Service 24 renumbered. Frequency reduced to every 60 minutes, although route will continue as it currently is. Services X23/X24 will offer additional bus provision between Durham, Peterlee & Hartlepool.

215: New service, that will replace service 22 between Peterlee and Durham, additionally serving Oakerside Estate.

(Peterlee | Oakerside Estate | Pennine Drive | Burnhope Way | Shotton Colliery | Wheatley Hill | Thornley | Sherburn House | Durham)

216: New service that will open up several new links between the County Durham Villages. This service would be expected to operate three or four trips per day, although would be suitable as a Local Authority service, if it was not commercially viable.

(Sunderland | Grangetown | Ryhope Village | New Seaham | Dalton Park | Murton, Church Lane | Easington Lane | Salters Lane | Haswell | Haswell Plough | Shotton Colliery | Wheatley Hill | Cassop | Quarrington Hill | Coxhoe | West Cornforth | Stob Cross | Ferryhill Station | Ferryhill)