(01 Aug 2023, 8:43 pm)Storx wrote Unless things have been changed, doesn't the 434 run off a school bus and require a decker all day? 448 I believe the school bus is.
It currently does, but comments made about the 434 indicate it'll be standalone from September (the 448 seems to be the reason it currently starts so late and ends so early, and this new tender seems to be for an hourly service for most of the day).
The 448 is rather pointless to be fair, the 1/2/X21 all do Bedlington Station to Guide Post & Stakeford. Not sure if it's continuing, or if NCC use a bit of common sense and just fund bus passes for the Arriva services (as they did with the X14).