(12 Apr 2021, 6:14 pm)Andreos1 wrote Agree 100%.
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.
X14 ran into Stannington (then Hepscott Park and Stobhill) at peak times as late as 2014 if I remember correctly, so long after the new junctions were put in.
As others have said, heading towards Newcastle the bus would need to double back on itself adding almost 10 minutes to its journey which would be unlikely without a major overhaul of the timetables, whilst heading towards Morpeth it's already covered by Rural Link services.
44 was always dead heading in both directions, not sure if the southbound 44 served the village itself or just stopped on the A1 sliproad.