(Yesterday, 7:29 pm)col87 wrote They are plenty of people who want to go Dalton Park from Hartlepool so are you saying they shouldn’t be able to ? What about people who want to get to Hartlepool from Easington Village and Colliery?
People did use the X6 as well when it came to Hartlepool as it was quicker and went to Seaham. The other service had been around for years as well originally a revamped 231 then X35 then X5 then 55 since 2004 so people must have used it. It was covid and cost cutting why it went.
Ah no arguments about the Arriva service being restored. This was about Stagecoach running an express though to either Newcastle or Sunderland, just don't see where the demand is coming from them running it. It's just duplicating everything else.
Ignoring operators, merging the X6 and 23 would be a good move imo. Whether you wanted to readd the X21/X22 but maybe via Seaham back to the way they were aswell could be an option aswell. There's probably an argument for a 15 minute express to Seaham from Sunderland really.