(17 Feb 2019, 5:03 pm)S830OFT wrote The 685 should be split with Arriva on Newcastle to Hexham and Stagecoach Hexham to Carlisle.

From a historical viewpoint the route was always operated 2/3 by Arriva and 1/3 Stagecoach. 

The halfway point of the route is near Bardon Mill.