(12 Apr 2014, 11:31 am)northern156 wrote It should be! X85 only really has people travelling between Hexham, Corbridge and Newcastle (in direct competition with Arriva/Stagecoach 85) whereas X84 serves the villages and don't really have many other services (ie Ovington, Wylam) as well as people travelling straight from Hexham to Newcastle.
And not forgetting that the X84 is essentially the same as the former 684 service - so the route was already established.