(4 hours ago)220631612 wrote In terms of turning a bus at Haswell Plough, you  do a loop from Haswell. And you’d be surprised how many people go to Dalton Park from Teesside in fairness. I’d always argue though that the X9 should be returned rather than extensions to the X1

I'd have thought the option to get bums on seats, would be to follow the route of the 24 from Haswell, but loop around the estate and then back out, like the 24 does. You're passing a much larger population, than sending it via Salters Lane. 

To be honest, I can't see this route being anything other than somewhere convenient to turn a bus, without increasing resource or have it sitting at Easington Lane turning circle. 
Anyone using it is a brucey bonus.
Any late running, and they turn it at Easington Lane.

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(7 hours ago)Nerd4321 wrote X1 now finshes in 4 different places

Dalton Park, Haswell Plough, Easington Lane & Peterlee 

Surly they should have done idk Dalton Park & Haswell Plough as a separate number like X2

5 if you include Picktree. 

Utterly bizarre they're milking a number so much to provide some sort of route identity.