Monday 7 November 2011
North East Pronto
Buses leave Newcastle and Sunderland at 29 and 04 past the hour respectively and combine in Durham to give a half hourly service to Bishop Auckland.
The Newcastle to Durham part of the route competes with Arriva's established X2 service that follows the same route to Durham, similar limited stopping points and a similar journey time of around 50 minutes.
Go North East seem to introduce new services almost every month in an effort to continue their passenger growth. Recent new services include the X3 Red Arrows service between Newcastle and Sunderland and from 5th November, the new X11 from Hartlepool to Newcastle on Saturdays, which will also boost capacity on the busy existing section between Peterlee and Newcastle. Evening services have also been boosted for Peterlee and Billingham.
David Gambles