Supported Bus Services

What are Supported Bus Services?

They are services that are paid for by the Council and which cater for travel needs not currently being served - for example, some early morning and late night services, Sunday services and also buses serving areas of low demand; collectively these are known as supported services.

A full list of supported bus journeys can be found below:

Service number	Route	The Council pays for the following journeys (buses may run at other times)
1b	Town Centre to Bishop Auckland	Early morning, Saturdays only
2	Town Centre to Branksome	Early morning, Saturdays and Sundays only
3	Town Centre to Mowden	Evenings, Monday to Saturday
4	Town Centre to Minors Crescent	Early mornings, Monday to Friday Early mornings, Saturday only
5a	Town Centre to Bishop Auckland and Durham	Diversions through Brafferton
6a/6b	Town Centre to Whinfield	Evening journeys from Town Centre to Harrowgate Farm only, daily
7/7a	Town Centre to Durham	Early mornings, Monday to Saturday
8c	Bishop Auckland to Town Centre	Early mornings, Monday to Friday
9	Town Centre to Springfield	Early mornings, Monday to Friday Additional buses on evenings, Monday to Thursday Additional buses, all day on Sundays
10	Town Centre to Whinfield	Additional buses on evenings, Sunday to Thursday Early morning, Saturdays only
11	Town Centre to Redhall	Early morning, Saturdays only Sunday mornings
12	Town Centre to Airport	Early mornings, Monday to Saturday
12	Hurworth to Airport	Evenings, Monday to Saturday All day Sundays
13a/13b	Town Centre to Firth Moor	Early mornings, Monday to Saturday Sunday Mornings Evenings, Sunday to Thursdays
14	Town Centre to Skerne Park	Early mornings, Monday to Saturdays
16	Town Centre to Newton Aycliffe	All journeys
17	Town Centre to Bishopton	All journeys
18	Town Centre to Sadberge	All journeys
19	Town Centre to West Park	All journeys
20	Town Centre to Neasham and West End	All journeys
30a/31a	Evening town service	All journeys