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
- 875
Lockhaugh Road to Thorp Academy,Ryton
Via High Spen
NorthstarNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 875
Durham Rail Station, Durham to Shildon Locomotion, Shildon
Via Tudhoe - Spennymoor - Coundon
NorthstarLimited StopSubsidised
- 876
Hamsterley Mill to Thorp Academy
Via Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, High Spen
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 876
Pelton Fell to Chester-le-Street
Via Newfield, Grange Villa, Waldridge, Ropery Lane St Cuthberts RC Primary School
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 877
Parkside to St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School
Via Dawdon
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 879
Woodham Gate to Newton Aycliffe
Hodgsons Coach Operators LtdNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 885
Newbottle / Bournmoor / Rickleton to Park View School (North Lodge)
Via Chester-le-Street
Go North East LimitedNormal Stopping
- 889
Twizell Road End, West Pelton to Park View School, Lombard Drive, Chester-le-Street
L & G Coaches LtdNormal Stopping · School or WorksSubsidised
- 890
Pelton Schools, Pelton to Park View School, Lombard Drive, Chester-le-Street
L & G Coaches LtdNormal Stopping · School or WorksSubsidised
- 896
High Spen to Whickham School
Via Chopwell, Rowlands Gill, Burnopfield, Crookgate, Sunniside
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 937
Chester-le-Street to Team Valley
Via Birtley
Go North East LimitedNormal StoppingPart subsidised
- 937
Front Street, Chester-le-Street to Kingsway North, Gateshead
Via Birtley
NorthstarNormal Stopping
- 945
UNSHAN to SPENNYMOOR
Ferryhill Village TravelNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 952
Trimdon Colliery to Stillington
Ferryhill Village TravelNormal StoppingSubsidised
- 4057 - Park & Ride
Spectrum Business Park, Seaham to Seaham Interchange
Stanley TravelNormal StoppingSubsidised
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.