(09 Jan 2023, 10:51 am)Storx wrote I have a feeling it'll be ditched altogether and I don't blame them unless it's making money which I highly doubt. The remaining half of the 51 is operationally out of area, the Arriva operational area of the route is Holystone -> Whitley Bay so unless they take it on commercially there's not much to lose as none of their core network is affected at all.

Losing the likes of Wiltshire Drive and Benton ASDA won't matter as they don't serve it anyway as it's a GNE area or should be, the resources could be used to get the 53 back upto every 30 minutes instead which is their operational area and would benefit people more with connections at Shiremoor or Palmersville for the punters who are losing the 51 in Holystone / West Allotment.