(05 Jun 2026, 6:13 pm)Malarkey wrote

• Gives tourists staying in Durham an easy way to visit multiple attractions without needing to change buses.
  

Personally, I think more people would love to visit Grange Villa to see the wonderful, and largely unpublicised, art installation located on the wall of a property on Albert Street and visible from the bus as it passes. 

(06 Jun 2026, 8:18 am)Arlo400H wrote Well I think it could be more suited to be numbered without the X, either way the journey time to Metrocentre from Newcastle isn’t actually that high and the PVR is only 2

I know it's not really the right thread, but imo anything doing should stay clear of Newcastle.

There's probably more scope for something heading from the Airport to the Metrocentre, doing a similar thing to the 6/7 but more inwards.

ie. something like: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.95834...1e!1m0!3e0

There's quite a few destinations on paper on there ie. Newcastle Airport, Kingston Park Rugby, Kingston Park Shops, Ponteland Medical Centre, Cowgate Morrisons, West Road, Newcastle Central Mosque, CAV, Benwell, Metrocentre ASDA, Metrocentre and they're all very difficult to get between atm since everything Stagecoach does heads towards Newcastle. Ironically the airport links being better at 3am in the morning!

(05 Jun 2026, 10:41 pm)Arlo400H wrote Timetable I made a while ago, could theoretically save the X22 imo but a risky investment

That timetable is totally unachievable between Denton Burn and Chester Le Street and that’s even before factoring in the fact that the buses will need dwell time for stops. 8 minutes from Denton Burn to MetroCentre isn’t achievable in car at midnight following the speed limits, let alone in a bus during the peaks.

(06 Jun 2026, 10:45 pm)220631612 wrote That timetable is totally unachievable between Denton Burn and Chester Le Street and that’s even before factoring in the fact that the buses will need dwell time for stops. 8 minutes from Denton Burn to MetroCentre isn’t achievable in car at midnight following the speed limits, let alone in a bus during the peaks.

It gets 3 min dwell at metrocentre and it’s a 5 min car drive from Denton burn to metrocentre but I did give it quite a tight timetable as it wouldn’t be stopping and starting a huge amount. Peak time journeys get between 15-20 mins extra just to run through team valley