(20 Sep 2014, 5:03 pm)Andreos1 wrote One heck of a diversion/short cut that mind.
Can only guess at the route it has taken - but it should be considerably shorter than its normal route
I'm not sure whether it serves Chester but, if it doesn't, then it's got a free reign all the way down to Neville's Cross (more or less).
When it passed me it was heading towards Stanley; so I'm guessing it probably went through Sacriston on its way to Durham.