(25 Aug 2015, 11:16 am)DanPicken wrote Do GNE serve Alpha and Thorntons.
Go North East's 19 service serves The Elephant Pub in Ashington, a fifteen minute walk from Boiler Road, where Thorntons yard is visible. An adult fare on Phoenix's service 30 between there and The Elephant is 60p, although if you walk - the 30 leaves Boiler Road at 15-20 past the hour, you can hail it there or a short walk to North Seaton Colliery and get on it from the bus stop. It's 80p to the bus station from there.
The 19 will drop you off at the Elephant for xx:25, walking to Boiler Road then finding the gap in the buses will take 15-20 minutes; xx:45. You have a choice of waiting for the 30 or going to the Northern Social Club and boarding an Arriva 35 or X20 to Ashington. If you're using the 19 to get back the departure from The Elephant is xx:35.
As for Alpha's scrapyard, it's kind of out of the way, Dan or someone who has used the bus to there can point you in the right direction.