(07 Mar 2015, 11:03 pm)Kuyoyo wrote The peak time workings are rarely as late as you say they are by the time they reach Stockton - I've seen them all week and the Stockton-worked duplicate normally gets a few minutes layover at the Royal Oak.
There's room to boot it between Coxhoe and Sedgefield, and then again Sedgefield to Stockton. It doesn't help those who live in County Durham though.
The 1715 duplicate quite often follows the 1700 out of Durham, once it's past the Science Site. When I was getting the E200s for haulage (Millburngate to County Hall), the 1700 X2 was late coming into Durham each time. It really needs that 5 minutes it has of layover to take the inevitable full loading it'll get at the bus station.