(24 Dec 2017, 5:27 pm)RBZ 5459 I don't think anyone thought the X55 would survive, even before the Dalton Park go thrown in by Go North East.
The previous round of changes saw the X47/X78/X82 begin to interwork which was why the allocations were a bit all over the place, as the Darras and Throckley express allocations have always appear to be thrown together last minute... So with the X47 removed from the chaos it is indeed a 15 mins layover at Eldon Sqaure - which should make layover bays great fun. So the new X78 and X82 diagram will see the long layover after coming back from Darras Hall (X78) before going onto the X82. Going the other way as you point out, back to a smooth transition of how it used to - suspect the extra bus is directly into the X47. X47 and X88 will though be interworking on Boxing Day.
The Slatyford boards are a bit of a minefield, the likes of 30/31/36 for example, which you would think would be simple inter-working are vastly different depending on the board - you basically think how do you follow that when you need to look at it quickly!
Another one I've just thought of for newsworthiness, sections of the 35 between Red House Farm and Gosforth High Street are now secured during the week.
You have to wonder if higher management at Stagecoach like making the running boards overly complicated. There's a few of the Saturday ones in Middlesbrough that make you wonder if the drivers know if they are coming or going. And that's before starting on the overly complicated evening turns where the Stockton lads now take a bus over mid afternoon and kept the same one all night (resulting in the drivers on the late 36s having their breaks at Hartlepool depot)
