(23 Jun 2015, 2:17 pm)Davie wrote Couldn't Go North East transfer some buses to Hexham bus depot?
There is plenty of space at Burn Lane for extra buses, however the problem would be the mileage from Hexham to/from Bellingham & Otterburn every morning and evening. An idea would be to have a small outstation at Otterburn or Bellingham. Blue Bus Services (Busways) used to outstation a coach at Otterburn in the 1980s when they ran a service from Newcastle to there.
GNE would be ideal to attract tourists as ticketing synergies could be introduced e.g. Explorer and Buzzfare. The services could also be timed to connect with the AD122 during the summer season.
The Whittonstall service is subsidised by NCC as are I believe the Otterburn and Bellingham services. The Whittonstall service could be integrated but would require extra journeys on Tuesday to serve Hedley On The Hill and New Ridley.
Of course another option could be for these services to run as a Community Bus service by ADAPT. They currently run the 681 Haltwhistle-Slaggyford (also Hexham on Tuesdays and Fridays) and are based in Hexham.
Charles