(17 Mar 2014, 9:15 pm)Dan wrote If it were me, I'd terminate it at Peterlee just to provide further express services in the Peterlee area - I really don't think that a higher frequency is needed Peterlee to Hartlepool.
I'm unsure how well a direct Durham to Peterlee service would work though - I'd assume it would be hourly if you tried to get it on a PVR of 1. The only thing which would make it more attractive compared to the 24 would be the faster journey time, and you could also argue the onward GNE connections too.
Hourly would be enough, as it would compete with Arriva's 57A once an hour to Hartlepool. Both would take 1 hour, whereas the 22 takes about an hour and a half. There's a number of connections Durham to Peterlee already, but whenever I've used the 24 or 22, I've been surprised the amount of people that have travelled the distance. For two major points in County Durham, it's crazy that it takes so long to get there.
Surely worth a trial, even if it's just Durham to Peterlee, to connect each end for the X21 and X7 respectively.