(01 Oct 2022, 7:55 am)Storx wrote 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.

Could get rid of the 30 minutes Sat in Tynemouth doing nothing on an evening by interworking the evening 306 & 308

Blyth: 00:33
Newcastle: 01:36
Newcastle: 01:42
Tynemouth: 02:23
Tynemouth: 02:24
Newcastle: 03:06
Newcastle: 03:12
Blyth: 04:13

That would give the same evening PVR but scrap the long layover at Tynemouth.....and improve evening reliability on the 308 as some journeys do have a tendancy to run 5-10 mins late on busier nights. And the 308 would get extra running time too as would the 306.