(03 Jan 2022, 11:15 pm)mb134 wrote AFAIK Jesmond is to become a full minibus operation (not sure what's happening to the 685 mind), with all of their conventional work shifting to Blyth. Blyth depot is also being redeveloped, and I believe slightly expanded. To accommodate for the Jesmond conventional work shifting to Blyth, some Blyth routes are shifting to Ashington (I believe the 1/2s).
Just found the plans for the Blyth redevelopment but there doesn't seem to be enough space for the buses - https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov....038609.pdf
43 Deckers and 15 Singles seems a tad on the low side though, assuming the singles being the Streetlites so I'm guessing there's plans here to downgrade either the 52, 53 or 54 to minibuses full time otherwise there has to be cuts somewhere or its going to be very tight with extra deckers needed from somewhere for the X7/X8/X9 since there's no space for the Pulsars.
https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov....8YQQSL6000