(26 Nov 2023, 6:21 pm)L469 YVK wrote Well effectively, Ashington & Bedlington Station will be getting that! But reducing the impact on the X21 journey times could still win over punters who travel anywhere in Newcastle that's a good 15 minute walk from Central, nor want the hassle of changing onto the Metro at Northumberland Park.

Instead of trying to mess with the X21, why not try and grow some corridors instead.



You could easily do a new bus route like the above called maybe the X19 (ex X30) and redirect the X20 via Stakeford and provide a fast bus to Newcastle from those areas. The first and last X19's, could then be extended to Cresswell which would give Lynemouth and Ellington a bus every 30 minutes at the busiest times aswell.

Means you could have something like this from:

Mornings (at Ellington):
05:41* (X19)
06:11 (X20)
06:41* (X19)
07:11 (X20)

Evenings (from Newcastle):
16:46 (X20)
17:16 (X19)
17:46 (X20)
18:16 (X19)
18:46 (X20)

It would only be a PVR 2 so no massive risk, unlike moving other corridors and pissing people off. Lynemouth etc have a piss poor service to Newcastle at peak times, if you don't work when the X20 gets in. Finishing work at 17:30, 16 minutes is very right, and I wouldn't want to be waiting around for 76 minutes.

If this 'bus partnership' is that, then you could make the case for some bus stops on the A1147 at Bedlington Station aswell and give the East side which pretty much has no service currently a stop aswell.