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Changes to Local Bus Services in County Durham


Summary of changes to bus services in County Durham commencing 4 August 2008

Arriva 822 Wheatley Hill to Wellfield School.
Service withdrawn. Replacement contract vehicle will not carry fare paying passengers.

Arriva 863, 864 West Cornforth to Spennymoor School.
Service withdrawn. Replacement contract vehicle will not carry fare paying passengers.

Arriva 867 Newfield to Spennymoor Comprehensive School.
Service withdrawn. Replacement contract vehicle will not carry fare paying passengers.

Summary of changes to bus services in County Durham commencing 31 August 2008

Arriva 7, 7A Darlington to Arnison Centre.
Revised to operate via Alnwick Road Newton Hall instead of Framwellgate Moor Front Street.

Go Northern 8, 8A Castleside to Chester-le-Street.
Monday to Friday 1515 Stanley to Consett journey revised to omit Greencroft School.

Arriva 18 Bishop Auckland to Tudhoe.
Previously service 108, 118. Revised route in Bishop Auckland (see Arriva 90, 19 for partial replacement) and all journeys via Toronto.

Arriva 21, 21A Middlesbrough (21A), Darlington (21) to Sunderland.
Previously services 213 and 214. Hourly services combine to form half-hourly frequency between Sedgefield and Sunderland. Hourly service 21 evenings and Sundays.

Arriva 22, 22A Durham to Hartlepool.
Revised timetable.

Arriva 23, 23A, 23B Hartlepool to Sunderland.
Previously service 229, 230. Revised route and timetable.

Arriva 24, 24A, 24B Durham to Hartlepool.
Previously services 240, 241, 242, 243, 244. revised route and timetable.

Go Northern 28, 28A Chester-le-Street to Newcastle.
Revised timetable.

Go Northern 34, 34A. Chester-le-Street to Ouston.
Monday to Friday 0823 Chester-le-Street to Ouston journey cancelled.

Arriva 50A, 50B Dere Park to South Hetton and Sherburn Village.
Revised route and timetable. To operate via Willowtree Avenue instead of Tesco.

Arriva 56 Durham to Bishop Auckland.
Revised timetable. Minor changes to journeys at peak times.

Arriva 62 Brasside to Belmont.
Salutation to Brasside section withdrawn, see 63, 64 below for service to Brasside. To operate via Tesco not Willowtree Avenue and frequency reduced to 2 per hour.

Arriva 63, 64, 64B Brasside, Arnison Centre to Gilsgate Moor and Sherburn Village.
Most journeys extended to Brasside from Arnison Centre. Some timetable changes.

Go Northern 65 Durham to Seaham.
Revised timetable.

Arriva 90, 19 Bishop Auckland Bus Station to Woodhouse Close Estate.
Revised route and timetable. New service number 19 for daytime journeys Bishop Auckland to Woodhouse Close via Cabin Gate replacing journeys on service 108.

Arriva 108, 188.
Replaced by service 18.

Go Northern 148 Peterlee to Seaham.
Route change in Peterlee to omit Stephenson Road, operating instead via York Road and Acre Rigg.

Go Northern 201, 202 Hesleden Village to Peterlee Bracken Hill.
Revised route and timetable.

Go Northern 211 Peterlee to Middlesbrough.
Revised route and timetable.

Arriva 212 Sunderland to Deaf Hill.
Service cancelled.

Arriva 213 Darlington to Sunderland.
Replaced by service 21.

Arriva 214 Middlesbrough to Sunderland.
Replaced by service 21A and route revised.

Arriva 215 Thornley to Sunderland.
Service cancelled.

Arriva 229, 230 Hartlepool to Sunderland.
Replaced by service 23, 23A, 23B.

Go Northern 238 Peterlee to Easington Lane.
Route and timetable amended.

Arriva 239 Sedgefield to Easington Village.
Route and timetable amended.

Arriva 240 Durham to Peterlee and Easinton Village.
Replaced in part by service 24, 24A.

Arriva 241, 242, 243, 244 Durham to Peterlee and Hartlepool.
Replaced by service 24, 24A.

Go Northern FQ1 Stanley to Newcastle.
Service cancelled.

Arriva X1 Middlesbtough to Newcastle.
Revised timetable.

Go Northern X1, 1 Peterlee to Newcastle.
Revised route and timetable.

Go Wear X35 Sunderland to Hartlepool.
Cancel 1552 schooldays journey Hetton-le-Hole to South Hetton.

Arriva X41 Durham to Newcastle.
Revised route in Newton Hall.

Summary of changes to bus services in County Durham commencing 1 September 2008

Arriva 25 Hartlepool to Peterlee Oakerside.
New service.

Arriva 27 Deaf Hill to Horden.
New service.

Summary of changes to bus services in County Durham commencing 5 October 2008

Arriva X1 Durham to Middlesbrough.
1825 ex Middlesbrough and 1925 ex Durham (University Term time journeys) withdrawn. Sunday timetable revised.

Summary of changes to bus services in County Durham commencing 27 October 2008
SB Travel 59 Durham to High Pittington.

All journeys after 1525 withdrawn.