(17 Mar 2014, 7:59 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote X37 - Newcastle - Gateshead - Chester le Street - Durham - Peterlee - Hartlepool - Limited Stopping Xpress
Some might think it's a "Malarkey Marathon", Take a look at the GNE Interworking of the X35/X36 Between Newcastle - Sunderland - Hartlepool
I'd scrap the first half of the route (Newcastle to Durham), as it's done to death down that corridor with the 21, X21, and Arriva X2. Instead, ensure a connection with the X21 from Bishop, on to Newcastle.
I think if you ran with Durham to Peterlee, stopping at Gilesgate, but then non-stop to Peterlee bus station via the B1283, B1280, and B1320, I think it'd work really well. You could probably do that in 30 minutes, as oppose to the fastest service at present - Arriva 24 at 47 minutes. From Peterlee, you have a fast connection to Sunderland and to Boro via the X7, but the "X37" could provide a limited stop service on to Hartlepool via the coast road, serving Horden, Black Hall, and then terminating at the Marina.