(15 Jul 2023, 8:52 pm)EastCoastMXZ1751 wrote Or what they could do in Morpeth is:
X16 returns as its original route from Newcastle-Kirkhill
2 withdrawn via Kirkhill and retimed to operate every 20 minutes Between Morpeth & Blyth and could also have it interworking with the 35
Could also put the 1 every 20 minutes on the blyth-wansbeck hospital section too (obviously with the 1 trip an hour to Widdrington) so that the 1/2 are on their pre covid timetable
The 1 and 2 don't really need to be every 20 minutes now though since they had an upgrade from sheds. The 35 100% needs Deckers on certain boards though.
Can't comment much on the Morpeth expresses but either a Widdrington short, or taking over the 417 would be the best bet imo.
I don't know what the answer is with the 57/57A but they badly need another bus added to the PVR, even if it meant giving them each 75 minutes to get from Ashington to Whitley Bay (Every 30 minutes, Cramlington to Ashington) as an extension and the 57A omitting High Pit and running direct from Annitsford. The reliability is an absolute shambles lately and it can't recover as it's too long and it's not helped by certain buses either.