(01 May 2022, 8:33 pm)Storx wrote Arguably it would be better for both if the BSIP goes through.

The X12 is an odd route as I've always seen it as a Sedgefield / Coxhoe and the areas around there to Newcastle service rather than being about the top part. You could say the same about the X21 really on the Southern section with the 6 every 15 minutes or whatever it is nowadays.

To me, the only reason the X12 goes to Newcastle is so they have a service that connects Arriva Northumberland and Arriva Durham County. Otherwise you'd have to use another operator to travel between their areas.

If they operated them completely independently like GNE and EY, then I could see them withdrawing it. But with the way it's currently set up, I can't see it ever getting withdrawn to be honest.