(12 Aug 2022, 10:24 pm)DeltaMan wrote They could interwork the 44/45 with X10 or X11 out of Blyth

54 with the 57 at Whitley Bay out of Ashington

306 with the 308 at Haymarket from Blyth

Beyond that, you are getting in to remote reliefs for things like the 43, 46/47, 51 and 55. Not very economical. And then you have the 685....

So without a full network change I wouldn't be surprised to see the Newcastle City stuff cancelled and the 685 "handed" to Busways

The 54/57 wouldn't really work as it's only hourly upto Ashington and would be too long to do 57 54 54 57A 57A 54 54 57 without remotes.

I have a feeling they'll leave the 52/53/54 together and work it from Blyth like the old 343/344. There's enough space for the Streetlite's at the new depot for them.

Agree with the feeling that they'll bin off the 46/47 and 55 though. The last one is now covered by the X7/X8 between South Gosforth and Newcastle and the rest of the route is covered by the 52 or 62. Making the expresses non express was an odd move otherwise imo. The fact Nexus don't even bother to subsidise it on a Sunday evening no doubt sums what they think about it. I did notice it mentions 'Newcastle services' which is quite specific.

The 51 is subsidised by Nexus though if I'm right.