Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
X14: Reduced to operate Every 2 Hours, combining with service X15 to form an hourly service between Longframlington and Newcastle.
X15: Newcastle - Regent Centre - Stannington Village - Morpeth - Northgate - A697 - Longhorsley - Longframlington - Edlingham - Alnwick.
X16: Withdrawn, replaced by extended journeys on service X43.
X17: This service will replace service X15 with all Journeys operating from Newcastle to Berwick with an 2 hour frequency.
X18: Due to constant unreliability, journeys from Berwick/Seahouses will terminate at Alnwick, these trips will still continue to Morpeth and Newcastle, although will do so as service X15. The Alnwick/Amble section to Newcastle will be revised to operate as service X19 with an Every 2 Hours frequency.
X19: This service will replace the X18 between Newcastle and Alnwick with a revised Every 2 Hours frequency, although extra buses between Newcastle and Morpeth, and Widdrington and Alnwick operate on other MAX services.
X20: Sunday journeys will operate on this service between Ashington and Alnwick up to Every 2 Hours, additionaly serving Cresswell and Widdrington Estate, therefore allowing service 1 to only operate between Wansbeck Hospital and Blyth on Sundays.
X43: Journeys to Morpeth will be revised to operate Every 30 Minutes Mon - Sat, and hourly Sundays. This service will be strictly single decker operated for journeys to Kirkhill due to the narrow road out of Morpeth. Additionally this service will not observe stops between Gosforth and Newcastle, with these stops being served by the 43.
Services X14 and X15 will both combine to provide an hourly bus service between Newcastle and Longframlington offering new vital links for Stannington to Newcastle, Morpeth, Rothbury and Alnwick.
Service X15 will also offer a faster alternative for journeys to Alnwick from Morpeth with journey times estimated at 40 minutes.
Service X16 will be withdrawn with journeys replaced by service X43.
Service X17 will replace the current service X15 with a frequency of up to Every 2 Hours, although will offer additional journeys at Peak times between Newcastle and Alnwick.
Services X14/15/17/19 will combine to offer a direct bus up to Every 30 minutes between Newcastle and Morpeth, although additional buses to Newcastle will continue on service 43.
Service 43/X43: These services will both operate Every 30 minutes, combining to continue the Every 15 minutes frequency between Cramlington and Newcastle.
Interworking:
X14/X17 will share buses
X15/X18 will share buses
X19/X20 will remain Stand-Alone
X43 will be Stand-Alone.
Allocations:
X14/17: PVR 4 (7529 - 7532)
X15/18: PVR 4 (7553 - 7556)
X19: PVR 2 (7515/7516)
X20: PVR 4 (7514/7516/7517/7533)
7511/12/13 will be spares for MAX services at Ashington.
X43: PVR 6 (1408/1411/1497/4653/4659/4664)
