The Hexham X84/X85 has to be up there with one of the biggest u-turns from brand new luxury ‘xlines’ E400 deckers, 2 buses an hour etc. to then replaced with a longer journey time, an hourly service with reduced timetable in the evenings and a complete downgrade in terms of buses used. And that was what, within a year?

I know GNE and others will blame the pandemic and such, but I think somethings gone wrong somewhere if you need to make such drastic changes. I’ve said before about all the routes that are still ‘temporarily’ reduced and have been for nearly 12 months now, when does temporary become permanent?