(01 Oct 2022, 7:11 am)L469 YVK wrote 306 & 308 given the move to Blyth, would be best dropped to every 20 minutes (every 10 on common sections) with the 306 kept on the Coast Road out of Battle Hill and both the 306/308 interworking.

That and some sort of coordinated timimg with GNE's 1 between North Shields and Whitley Bay with a 20 minute frequency on the 306 would work well.

Guess it all depends on the interworking patterns, not sure there's enough time to do 52 -> 54 -> 53 and reverse without changing elsewhere maybe we might see some odd interworking patterns rather than just the 306/308.

Guess it all depends whether the 43/44/45, X7/X8/X9 and 52/53/54 are kept together.

Maybe we could see changes at Haymarket ie the X7/X9 interworking with the 44/45 instead for just a random example using deckers. Then the X8 interworking with something else, maybe the 54 with singles etc.

43 working from Morpeth with Ashington drivers.

52/53 also moving to Ashington working from Cramlington (there's already an early 52 that runs from Ashington and returns at night).

There's lots that could potentially happen now they've scrapped MAX / Sapphire.