(24 Feb 2024, 12:52 pm)mb134 wrote Using current timings between points on your route, I get the following as times on your combined X9/10:
Blyth to Cowpen 7 mins
Cowpen to Newsham Road 13 mins
Newsham Road to Laverock 10 mins

Since it then also goes via Horton Drive on your route, that's another additional 5 mins between Newsham and Cramlington Shops vs the current X10. 

Total time from Blyth Bus Station to Cramlington Shops of 47 minutes. 

The X10 currently does it in 28 minutes, even the X9 manages it in 39 minutes. How is slowing the journey down by between 8-19 minutes better for anyone?

You'd still have direct alternatives between Blyth Town Centre and Cramlington though? You'd just have to use the X8 and X11 (now X9) instead. 

The X8 only takes 23 minutes between the two, it's by far the fastest of the routes and runs pretty direct and also serves the station - why not use this as a benefit? It's the weakest of the expresses anyway. 

In reality I'd expect that'd be the route that'd get the bullet anyway, why not use it as an advantage rather than it just kinda 'existing' like now. 

You'd also have note the benefit the other way, remember those in the West side of Cramlington or High Pit are currently stuck on the X9 route and have to go on a magical mystery tour around Blyth to get there.