(14 Jan 2015, 6:09 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote The hourly fast rail replacement bus takes 65 minutes which isn't too bad via Metrocentre and Prudhoe Station. But yes, the X85 is faster and cheaper. Speaking about X85 I cannot understand why it is the slower X84 which runs from Eldon Square just in front of Arriva/Stagecoach and not the X85. Daft timetabling.

The slower X84 still picks up the majority of the passengers, leaving the 85/685 with very few...