(05 May 2026, 1:19 pm)TheClumsyPineapple wrote "You could make the case for extending the 79 through to Seaham though and terminating the 21 extension short either really though, if you didn't want it too long as the cross Houghton demand is probably quite limited really."
The 79 makes sense in its current form as a little estate - town centre link. There isnt much point sending it to Seaham.
No I get that, it was more about getting the Houghton to CLS bit more useful something like:
As an 21 extension, with a few peak buses going via West Rainton towards Houghton in the AM peaks and from Houghton in the PM peaks. All the pink bits don't really have any realistic link to Newcastle and the orange bits would get something quicker without changing.
Just means the other half of the 71 would be needed on something and the 71 in Seaham is a local bus anyway really.
If it's not on the X1 corridor, it's a hard place to get to down there, knowing someone from down there and just not bothering as it's too challenging tbh.