(08 Mar 2016, 10:56 pm)mb134 wrote I'm sure that, for the bits of Cramlington that the X8 currently serves, at least one other bus serves them?
The 57 serves Klondyke, the X9 and 57 serve High Pit.
Changing buses is something lots of people have to do on a daily basis
Okay, so say you have people in these areas use other services like the 57A to change at Cramlington Shops onto the X9/X10/X11, what is the net gain for your proposed changes? It would eliminate a route that is certainly used through Cramlington for, what, to further convenience Quorum users who are served by many more buses/hour than stops affected by your proposed cuts.
If anything, why not have the non-express services like the 52 and 54 serve more of Quorum and leave the express services how they are? The 52/54 would provide a connection to and from Newcastle four times an hour (the current frequency of the X7/X8), give a direct journey to those travelling to Cramlington via Burradon, and allow those wanting to travel into Blyth an opportunity to connect to a MAX service at either Burradon or Cramlington.
There's really no need to be cutting huge chunks of the X8 route out with a "just connect and deal with it" attitude just to try and slightly improve service to an area being serviced by the 554, 555, 52, 54, X7, X8 and StageCoach's X63.