Changes to services in the Peterlee area from 4 December

From 4 December 2016, we will be making some changes to services in the Peterlee area, which includes introducing some new look limited stop services to improve links from the Peterlee area to Hartlepool, Dalton Park, Spectrum Business Park and Sunderland. 

indiGo 202 

• This service will be extended from Peterlee to Wingate and Station Town to replace the X7 on this section of route.
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indiGo 208

• Monday to Friday journey at 9.14am from Easington Village is retimed five minutes earlier. No other changes to route or timetable
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indiGo 210

• Monday to Friday journey at 8.28am is retimed to 8.58am. No other changes to route or timetable.
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Fast Cats X35

• This service will be renumbered X5. There will be no change to the route or timetable.

Wear Tees Xpress X7 and NEW service X6

• The new look X6 and X7 services will give 2 fast buses per hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes between Peterlee Bus Station, Spectrum Business Park, Seaham and Sunderland City Centre. The new X6 service will also serve Dalton Park.
• To the south of Peterlee, the new X6 service will now run to Hartlepool, creating new links from Hartlepool, Blackhall and Horden to East Durham College, Dalton Park, Spectrum Business Park and Sunderland.
• We’ll also be creating new local links around Peterlee, as the revised X7 route will also now include Grampian Drive, Pennine Drive, Durham Way and the Oakerside area of Peterlee. This provides a new fast link to Sunderland from these areas.
• This means that the X7 will no longer serve Wingate, Station Town, Stockton or Middlesbrough. However, the indiGo 202 route will be extended to Wingate and Station Town to maintain links to Peterlee, as well as providing new links across Peterlee to Easington, Murton and Dalton Park. Any passengers travelling from Peterlee to Middlesbrough can use Tyne Tess Xpress services X9 and X10.
• Stay connected as our new X6 and X7 buses will have free onboard WiFi, so you can keep up to date on your journey to work, college or shopping.
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Here’s a summary of each service...

Service X6 – Hartlepool to Sunderland via Hart Station, Blackhall, Horden, Peterlee, East Durham College, Dalton Park, Spectrum Business Park, Seaham and Grangetown

• A new hourly service which provides new, fast links towards Dalton Park, Spectrum Business Park and Sunderland with buses running via the A19. Buses will serve all stops from Hartlepool Asda to the Moorcock Pub via Hart Station, Blackhall, Horden, Peterlee & East Durham College, with buses then running limited stop, stopping only at Dalton Park, Spectrum Business Park, Byron Place and Castlereagh in Seaham, and Grangetown.
• In Sunderland City Centre, buses will serve stops on Burdon Road, Holmeside and Park Lane Interchange to improve access to The Bridges and Fawcett Street.
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Service X7 – Peterlee Oakerside to Sunderland via Peterlee, Spectrum Business Park, Seaham and Grangetown

• Our X7 will now run hourly with a one way loop from Grampian Drive, Pennine Drive, Durham Way and Oakerside in Peterlee before heading fast to Sunderland on the current route via Peterlee Bus Station, Essington Way, Spectrum Business Park, Seaham and Grangetown.
• In Sunderland City Centre, buses will now also serve stops on Burdon Road and Holmeside, as well as Park Lane Interchange, to improve access to The Bridges and Fawcett Street.
• Customers from Station Town and Wingate will be able to use the revised indiGo 202 route, which is extended from Peterlee to Station Town.
• Customers travelling to Middlesbrough will be able to use service X9 or X10 between Peterlee and Middlesbrough.
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