Register data is published weekly by DVSA. Latest snapshot: 6 September 2026.
Local transport authority
Bus services in Durham County Council
165 local bus services are registered here, run by 16 licensed operators. A route that crosses a boundary is registered with every authority it runs through, so it appears here and on its neighbours.
Registered services
165 routes
- B66
Newcastle Upon Tyne Coach Station to Blackpool Coach Station, Bonney Street, Blackpool
Via Gateshead, Durham ,Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle, Brough, Garstang
Jh CoachesLimited Stop
- Bishop Auckland Food Festival Park & Ride
Bishop Auckland College to Tenters Street/Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland
NorthstarLimited StopSubsidised
- Link 2
County Durham to County Durham
Durham County CouncilFlexible RegistrationSubsidised
- MG1
Ushaw, Woodland Road, Ushaw Moor to Framwellgate, Waterside, Durham
NorthstarLimited Stop
- N21
Newcastle to Durham Howlands Park & Ride
Via Gateshead, Low Fell, Harlow Green, Birtley, Chester, le, Street, Framwellgate Moor, Durham
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- PR1
Belmont P&R to Sniperley P&R
Via Milburngate, Framwellgate, Dryburn Park, Return Dryburn Park, North Road, Milburngate, Claypath
Central Taxis Gateshead LtdNormal StoppingSubsidised
- PR2
Howlands Per to Milburngate
Via New Elvet, Leazes Road, North Road, Reverse Outward Route
Central Taxis Gateshead LtdNormal StoppingSubsidised
- R3
Blaydon Bus Station to Blaydon Bus Station
Via Clara Vale, Crawcrook
Central Taxis Gateshead LtdNormal Stopping · Hail & RideSubsidised
- SB1
Blackhill to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Consett, Leadgate
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB10
East Stanley to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Shield Row, Stanley, Annfield Plain
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB2
Bridgehill to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Blackhill, Leadgate
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB3
Medomsley Edge to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Shotley Bridge, Bridgehill, Blackhill, Consett, Delves
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB4
Shotley Bridge to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Blackhill, Delves
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB5
Consett to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Templetown, Delves, Knitsley Station
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB6
Rowlands Gill to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Ebchester, The Dene, Medomsley, Ledgate, Greencroft, Annfield Plain
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB7
Castleside to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Moorside, The Grove
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB8
Stanley to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via Tanfield Lea, Sleepy Valley, Burnopfield, Flint Hill, Dipton, Catchgate, Annfield Plain
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- SB9
Stanley to Lanchester St Bede's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Via South Stanley, South Moor, Annfield Plain
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- UTCA
Darlington to South Durham UTC
Stagecoach NortheastNormal Stopping
- UTCC
Hartlepool to Easington Lane
Stagecoach NortheastNormal Stopping
- UTCC
Easington Lane to South Durham UTC
Stagecoach NortheastNormal Stopping
- UTCG
Hartburn to South Durham UTC
Stagecoach NortheastNormal Stopping
- V1
Consett to Consett
Via Delves
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- V5
The Dene to Crookhall
Via Medomsley, Leadgate, Consett
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- X1
Newcastle to Peterlee
Via Gateshead, QE Hospital, Wrekenton, Washington, Houghton le Spring, Hetton le Hole, Easington Lane
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- X10
Newcastle to Peterlee
Via Gateshead, Heworth, West Boldon, Dalton Park, Peterlee, Billingham, Norton, Stockton
Go North East LimitedLimited Stop
- X10
Peterlee to Middlesbrough
Via Billingham, Norton, Stockton
Go North East LimitedLimited Stop
- X12
Durham to Newcastle
Arriva Durham County LtdLimited Stop
- X12
Middlesbrough to Durham
Arriva Durham County LtdLimited Stop
- X15
Durham to Castleside
Via Witton Gilbert, Lanchester, Leadgate, Consett, Moorside
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X20
Sunderland to Durham
Via East Herrington, Houghton-le-Spring, Belmont
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X21
West Auckland to Newcastle
Via Tindale Crescent, Bishop Auckland, Spennymoor, Durham, Chester-le-Street, Low Fell, Gateshead
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- X22
Middlesbrough, Bus Station to Peterlee, Bus Station
Arriva Durham County LtdNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X31
Consett / Stanley to Newcastle
Via Shield Row, Sunniside, Whickham, Dunston
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X43
Stanley Bus Station, Stanley to Metrocentre Interchange
Via Tanfield Lee, Tantobie, Burnopfield & Whickham
NorthstarNormal Stopping
- X45
Newcastle to Consett
Via Metrocentre, Swalwell, Rowlands Gill, Ebchester, Shotley Bridge, Blackhill
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X46
Durham to Stanhope
Arriva Durham County LtdNormal Stopping
- X6
Crook or Lanchester to Newcastle, Newgate Street
Via Metrocentre
Weardale Motor Services LtdLimited Stop
- X6
Stanhope Market Place to Crook, St Catherine's Church, /Lanchester Village Green
Via Wolsingham
Weardale Motor Services LtdNormal Stopping
- X6
Peterlee to Sunderland
Via Burnhope Way, Dalton Park, Spectrum Business Park, Seaham, Grangetown
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- X62
Peterlee to Durham
Via Horden, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, South Hetton, High Pittington, Belmont
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- X70
Consett to Newcastle
Via Leadgate, Medomsley, Flint Hill, Burnopfield, Sunniside, Lobley Hill, Team Valley North, Gateshead
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X71
Newcastle to Consett
Via Whickham, Sunniside, Burnopfield, Flint Hill, Medomsley, Leadgate
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X72
Stanley to Newcastle
Via Annfield Plain, Dipton, Flint Hill, Burnopfield, Sunniside, Team Valley North, Gateshead
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- X73
Stanley to Newcastle
Via Annfield Plain, Dipton, Flint Hill, Sunniside, Whickham, Metrocentre
Go North East LimitedLimited StopPart subsidised
- X75
Darlington to Barnard Castle
Arriva Durham County LtdNormal Stopping
- X86
Stockton to Great Stainton
Via Roseworth Tesco, Carlton, Redmarshall, Bishopton, Stillington
Stagecoach NortheastNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 1
Darlington to Tow Law
Via Bishop Auckland and Crook
Arriva Durham County LtdNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 4
Houghton-le-Spring to Heworth
Via Fence Houses, Bournmoor, Shiney Row, Fatfield, Glebe, Washington Galleries, Concord, Follingsby
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- 5
Darlington to Bishop Auckland
Arriva Durham County LtdNormal StoppingPart subsidised
A registration is permission to run a route, not a timetable. It records where a service starts, finishes and runs through, and who may run it. For departure times, ask the operator or Durham County Council.