comes as no surprise on North Tyneside. In 2010 there was a major alteration of services which put too much emphasis on serving Cobalt. Several services were axed all together or merged and re routed via Cobalt. Most people since then gave up on the bus and went back to their cars. One service axed was the 44 between Newcastle and Whitley Bay replaced by short lived and useless X8/X9 which in turn was replaced by an extension of the 306 meaning to get from Marden to Newcastle takes nearly an hour heading off completely in the wrong direction towards Tynemouth and North Shields a journey which on the 44 took less than 30 Minuets.
