(18 Nov 2023, 5:19 pm)mb134 wrote Which is totally useless for anyone living around Newbiggin, Wansbeck Hospital, Millburn Road, Bedlington Station, Red House Farm, or Nedderton. 

The X21 serving Nedderton is as much to serve the multiple estates at that end of Bedlington as it is to serve Nedderton. As has been said multiple times, X21s pick up very decent from most/all of those estates.

Yeah, I don't think re-routing via Stannington junction & A1 would bring a time advantage.

The proposed route through Newbiggin I guess is more logical. Only question is where will Arriva get the extra vehicles from unless just using classic E400s? Are they confident that the ABTRL won't damage passenger numbers as reliability issues would normally be the catalyst to frequency reductions.

Unless Arriva possibly have an order up their sleeve with new vehicles on order....maybe 7541-52 going to Belmont & Darlington for the 7?