(14 Apr 2015, 7:49 pm)MrFozz wrote I remember there being coaches as late as 1997/98 must have been 1999 when Franks stopped running, Arriva dipped there toes into Murton taking over the 153 which eventually up being run by Wear Buses and became the 151 I think
Yea, Arriva took over the 153 and extend it from the Lane to peterlee operated by MPD's, then Arriva split the service as a 153/53 one route when straight to peterlee via the X35 route and the other route ran via Haswell and Shotton to Peterlee.