(17 Mar 2014, 9:02 pm)aureolin wrote 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.
Could skip CLS altogether and have it run Non Stop between Gateshead and Durham, only problem with that would Traffic on the A1 I think it is heading to Newcastle from Durham, then onto Peterlee via B1283, B1280, and B1320, then to Hartlepool via X35 Route, Running Hourly. Plus it bring Multiple Connections to Newcastle/Sunderland/Middlesbrough and the East Durham Area at Peterlee.