(05 Mar 2026, 11:17 pm)Storx wrote Don't get the obsession with buses from Sunderland and Newcastle to Hartlepool. There's next to zero demand wanting to go there, and there's 2 trains for the few people who want to go to Newcastle / Sunderland.i know you don’t seem to like Hartlepool for some reason but yes they is actually a demand for bus services to Sunderland and Newcastle. The train is no good if suffer from anxiety and is often packed a bus service would at least be another option. I mean from your point of view the 36 and 1 shouldn’t exist either but guess what both services get busy. They is also no service from Hartlepool to Dalton Park so your not thinking of the places in between. It’s usually having the train if you can’t get from Hartlepool to Easington Village anymore like you used to be able to.
The East / West links are the problem area around there, since there's literally nothing - at all, if you want to head South of Durham without seriously doubling back.
Darlington -> Newton Aycliffe -> Sedgefield -> Peterlee -> Sunderland
Bishop Auckland -> Sedgefield -> Hartlepool
Are the serious gaps imo.
Sadly Arriva were willing to sort out part of the top one with the X22 changes, so it must be close to being commercially viable, but the councillors were more arsed about the links to Stockton, which isn't busy. This is where taxpayer funds should be going as Arriva clearly see something between Darlington and Sedgefield so why not fund the short bus through...
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