(24 Feb 2022, 12:12 pm)L469 YVK wrote So if I'm right, the "new" X9 does the current X8 route to Shankhouse roundabout then via High Pit following the "current" X9 route to Newcastle?
Then the "new X8" does the current X9 route to Shankhouse then via Durham Road following the "current" X8 route to Newcastle?
These are actually a really positive set of changes to be honest and got to give Arriva credit where it's due. Only criticism is that they should drop the "X" from the X8 and renumber to something like the 367.
Or.....renumber the X7 and X8 to 367/368 (still marketing as limited stop where appropriate) and that would give a clean network of actual 'X' routes from Blyth, them being the X9 & X10/X11
X8/X9 swap gives a much quicker service from Bebside to Newcastle, presumably getting passengers onboard before the Northumberland Line opens.