(02 Dec 2023, 7:05 pm)Storx wrote I'm not too sure I wouldn't be surprised if things went pear shaped it would end up something like

X7: No Changes
X8: Current route Newcastle to Parkside, X10 route to Blyth
X9: No Changes

X10: Withdrawn
X11: Withdrawn

X21: No Changes (Every 20 Minutes)
X22: Ashington - Bedlington (Current Route) - Horton Road - Boghouses - Parkside - Cramlington - Express - Newcastle (Every 20 Minutes)
X23: Current X11 (Every 20 Minutes)

43: Extended to Blyth instead of Morpeth via X8 route

57: Extended to Morpeth instead of Ashington every 30 minutes, 57A scrapped.

X21/X22: Every 10 Minutes Express Newcastle to Bedlington
X22/X23: Every 10 Minutes Express Newcastle to Cramlington

Apart from the slight extended running time on the X22 by 7 minutes or so, no-one is really losing out. Infact Cramlington and some areas of Blyth actually have an enhanced service. The only real losers are the 2 bus stops at the bottom of Bedlington but most of the estates are within walking distance of the central stops or the now new stops East End Front Street. There's actually some benefits aswell South Beach to Regent Centre, more of Blyth to Cobalt, more frequent service from Ashington / Bedlington to Cramlington etc, more frequent service from Cramlington to Newcastle etc.

This is would be a more worst case scenario though.

Hmmm, not a bad idea to be honest. The only changes I would perhaps suggest:

X7 - maybe increased to every 20 minutes?
X8 - withdrawn, replaced by 42/43
X23 - Does the X10 route from Blyth to Shankhouse then X11 route to Newcastle via Northburn - X11 has more areas close by where the train could take passengers.
42 - Cramlington - High Pit - Northumberland Business Park - Annitsford - Fern Drive - Dudley then as per current 43 to Newcastle.
43 - Blyth - (current X8 route) - Cramlington then as per current 43 to Newcastle.

Also, would the X22 serve Schalksmuhle Road and Vulcan Place or straight down Glebe Road then left onto the Front Street in Bedlington?

As for the 57, would that serve the current route via Nelson Industrial Estate into Bedlington then via Red House Farm?