(26 Nov 2023, 2:18 pm)mb134 wrote So what about the people who have, for over 10 years now, used the X21 from Red House Farm/Nedderton to Bedlington Station/Ashington College/Wansbeck Hospital? 

The 2 (and previous variations) used to connect that end of Bedlington with Bedlington Station, which is important for school links, taking the X21 away for literally no reason totally kills that link.

I get you with the links, but time can't continue to be added otherwise the total journey times will come in above 1hr 25m (1hr 27m and 1hr 26m retrospectively) from end to end.

If Red House Farm & Nedderton coped without the links 10 years back, surely that wouldn't be any different now. Think people have come to accept the route change but there was a lot of upheaval when first changed.

Don't forget, Sundays are a problem on the 35/X21/X22. Re-routing the X21/X22 around Bedlington would allow extra time to be added with a clean and easy interworking pattern and only a PVR increase of 1x.