The X1 timetable for South Hetton is now ridiculous… up until 9th May, there was a daytime bus every 15 minutes with two of those extending to/from Peterlee. Under the changes it’ll be 3 now, as the Easington Lane terminus is reintroduced for one bus per hour. (Most buses extended to South Hetton under the current timetable)

Coming from Newcastle departures to South Hetton will be at :44, :56 & :08 - so brilliant there’s three buses in 24 minutes, but miss the :08 departure and it’s a lovely 36 minute wait… the only good news is the 61 is spaced in between the gap, so at least it works out to a roughly every 20 minutes service to Peterlee (:59, :23 & :42) But it just feels messy. The other direction isn’t *as* bad, but the 61 is timed 4 minutes in front of the X1 leaving Peterlee…

So out of 5 X1s each hour four different end destinations (albeit all but 1 are just early terminating) 2 to Peterlee, 1 Dalton Park, 1 Easington Lane, 1 South Hetton.