(24 Mar 2026, 7:23 pm)Kimlfixit wrote Burnhope is one of those very awkward places to serve. It also only has 1,500 residents. So, I'm not sure DCC could justify the spend. Stanhope doesn't have a Sunday service and that's a tourist hotspot, so Burnhope has no chance.
GNE could terminate the 50 at South Shields South Pier and then back via Ocean Road, instead of going all the way down to Marsden. That would give the 14 enough time to serve Burnhope and they wouldn't even need to add a bus to do it!
In fairness, COVID killed off Stanhope’s Sunday service, and it wasn’t particularly well used when it did run (100 Crook-Alston)
(24 Mar 2026, 10:11 pm)Storx wrote Aye not sure about, the 14 doing it. Be a bit of a backtrack from Langley Park.
Agreed with it being awkward though mind. Truthfully I'd probably just look at running the 6 through all the time tbh. Doesn't make much sense having a Durham service on a Sunday but not the rest of the week. It'd probably have been a good use of BSIP funds really.
As a BSIP route, it would surely make sense to have a Durham-Ushaw House-Langley Park-Burnhope service as that way you can maximise with tourism to Ushaw House whilst also providing a faster link to Durham for Langley Park Residents. The Turning circle still exists at the top end of Burnhope too so no need for a stupid loop. It would take little over an hour but putting it in as part of the 61/2 cycle would mean an hourly service with a PVR of 2