(05 Jan 2022, 5:29 pm)Storx wrote Are these confirmed btw or just rumours (the X10/X11 in particular).

It seems a really illogical move as there's no possible way it could work with the 1/2 (they're easy 1 to Blyth, then 2 to Morpeth and reverse) and there's not enough driver hours to work it with the X21/X22/35 routes so it seems you'd have drivers driving from Ashington to drive buses literally outside of Blyth depot. Not to mention unless they've got extra running time added on the X7/X8/X9/X10/X11 then they will be constantly late since they're only on time because they swap everything around daily.

The 1/2 I've heard from multiple people working at both depots, the X10/11 seems less substantial but a few folk have mentioned it - less convinced with that one at the moment mind. Don't think any of it has been confirmed officially at this point. 

In terms of the 1, it runs past Ashington at the moment and I believe they used to operate it at one stage. With the 2, you could either interwork it with the 35 to have driver breaks at Ashington, or leave it standalone if you have drivers breaking at Morpeth/travelling on the 35 to Ashington.