(12 Apr 2022, 4:38 pm)L469 YVK wrote Why would they increase the 6 (with a 6A) to everu 20 minutes when the whole point would be to reduce services?

The existing 6 would be cut to hourly with the 6A running hourly to replace parts of the X72, allowing the X70/X71 to run every 30 minutes rather than 20/40 as now. In turn, that would then allow then to coordinate every 15 minutes at Sunniside with a reduced X30/X31 running every 30 minutes.

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X56 I doubt (unless some sort of link with Follingsby). X10 would need to be at bursting point to either consider re-increasing frequency in part or full, or re-introducing the X9.

47/47A would be the most likely candidates to displace older B9TLs.

I know this isn't a suggestions thread but to fix part of your 6 problem here they could extend the 28 after Beamish towards Annfield Plain via No Place, Humber Hill, Sheridan Drive, Humber Hill, Wear Road then the X72 route to Annfield Plain and terminate it by doing a loop around West Road, Blackett Street and New Front Street. Grange Villa etc has the 78 now. Would open new links between Birtley, Wrekenton and the QE with Stanley (not sure if anyone wants it but it's there) and partially replace the 31.

The 6/X72 or whatever should also terminate at Annfield Plain. Even downgrade it to normal buses rather than X Lines (if you kept the X72 route) and interwork it with the new 28. Not sure the 6 is the best suggestion though as you'd drop Stanley to the Metro Centre to hourly from 4 buses very recently.

Could maybe keep the 72 from Annfield Plain to Gateshead only hourly as an extension to what was the old 95, could maybe go around the loop at Sunniside aswell and give them a link to Gateshead using old Versa's or whatever they can find.