(12 Apr 2021, 4:44 pm)Adtrainsam wrote Surely a 5 minute dive in to Stannington wouldn't be too much hassle?Agree 100%.
Fair enough, you'll only get 2 or 3 on each trip at the beginning, but that's the sort of thing companies need to do to get the passengers to switch to the bus.
It's that thinking differently, thinking long term and trying to encourage people (from whatever area, affluent or not), to make the switch.
As for services operating to/via Stannington, I'm sure there were extensions of Dinnington services that ran to Stannington.
Think the Morpeth expresses stopped due to the poor road infrastructure and high accident rate at the junctions prior to the graded improvements.