(4 hours ago)Storx wrote I don't know what the demand is like from Murton to Peterlee but I'd say bring back the 55 instead personally. 

The 35 route to Sunderland is stupidly long aswell going on a mystery tour around Houghton Le Spring for people from the likes of Hetton etc. 

Just number it the X19 or something and interwork it with the X20 so it's a 15 minutes express between Sunderland and Houghton.