(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

It will be very interesting to see what plays out. Obviously it seems all the other routes were destined for Blyth or Ashington anyway. With the small local depot for the city work using the new E200 MMC's plus the 685. 

Now that the new depot is no longer viable perhaps they do plan on ditching the city work, certainly the 46 and 55 are largely covered by other services, I'm sure Nexus would step in and divert another service for the handful of stops not served.

The hospital bus 47 could be incorporated into another service I suppose. Not sure what they'd do with the 553/555 tho. 

51/51A I could see surviving, possibly interworking with the 57 out of Whitley Bay. 

The 685 is the big one, personally I think it would make much more sense for Stagecoach to operate it in full, whether Arriva would just give it up like that I don't know.