(24 Mar 2026, 11:21 am)Storx wrote See I get your ideas there but personally I'd go further.

Personally I'd look at an express Newcastle network that looks something like:


It creates an easy network with the vast majority of places getting 2 BPH towards Newcastle without any of the confusion and both Stanley and Consett getting 2 buses to Gateshead aswell and a dedicated Whickham Express.  As much as the X45/47 has it's problems the 6/X30/X31/X32/X70/X71/X71A/X72/X73 mess is even worse; it's just completely confusing which one goes where. Just get it nice and tidy.

The rest of the links, will be done with some local services, probably similar to the 43/44 from yesteryear which would do Burnopfield etc.

As you post this. This was released https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrn730n81o

My thoughts from what is said in the article:
I don't agree from the article that the X15 should go off course to serve the village as that will add a lot more time to the route.
I think they could really look into either trying to have the X30 be a Sunday extension to Lanchester & Burnhope or look into making a new route for Sundays only from Stanley to Durham. Even it was the 16C (sounds dramatic) that went from Stanley --> Burnhope --> Witton Gilbert --> Durham. Doesnt have to run every 30 minutes. Could be every hour but it could really benefit to solve a problem like this.