(28 Mar 2017, 9:40 am)James101 wrote Of course the 527 used to terminate within the grounds of the Sharwoods factory. In the final years of the service, under Arriva operation, the factory had long since been abandoned & demolished but the route remained the same. Combined with the remains of the dissused Greatham train station the area certainly has a post apocalyptic feel to it and makes for an unusual bus terminus. I wonder if anyone got a photo of a bus there?
I presume the new X55 will terminate by way of a one way loop around the village/A689. It seems like a 1 bus operation, though the middle journey gets just a 1 minute layover.
It gets much longer break in Newcastle. A couple of hours at one point.
1min layover when dealing with potential hot spots up and down the route, doesn't seem like much at all.