(Yesterday, 12:08 pm)deanmachine wrote I disagree, I think there's space for both the 23 and X6. Arriva deciding it needs to make passengers get off and get another bus will be something hopefully franchising gets rid of. Maybe even something more sensible like the 23 serving Seaham Harbour too making the 24 a fast option again and potentially binning the X6 entirely. In reality the main reason the 23 was withdrawn to Sunderland was because it was inconvenient for Arriva to run with no East Durham base and mainly in "GNE territory", franchising would mean it could be based out of one of the Sunderland depots and not matter who's territory it goes through, then it might make sense again.
Yeah some valid, points. Guess if there's demand for it can't really disagree with it tbh.
I'd love to see the X21/X22 back through tbh with links to Darlington restored aswell.
Agreed with the changing of buses though, in an ideal world nothing would terminate at Peterlee really.
The local routes being thrown into a small package and let GCT or Northstar or whatever run them instead. It's only fair they get some of the pie really