(14 Sep 2023, 10:04 pm)mb134 wrote I've never used it myself, but looking at the timetables the times don't look massively different outside of the peak so I imagine during the day the 309 should be more than enough?
Yeah don't think there is, just always seems a big selling point having an 'express' service even for people from Whitley Bay etc. If you want people out of cars someone from Rake Lane probably don't want to be taking a detour everywhere either, going via Cobalt is totally understandable and Silverlink is somewhere you might actually want to go.
The idea there was btw more to change the 309 into the X39 so it continues through to Blyth - be pointless otherwise though.
Might only save 7 minutes or so but it just feels quicker moving along non stop, the 306-308 on the other hand feel like a right slog of a service similar to the Angel.