(28 Sep 2020, 9:49 am)ASX_Terranova wrote It looks like one of the blyth runs uses 1502, is a pulsar standard for the 57/57A. 
Also that long gap is a bit strange especially with scholars and works around that time.

Anything can turn up on the Blyth run from what I've seen. With it just being the one run I'd imagine it's just whatever is easy to take from the depot, as there certainly doesn't seem to be a set board for it. 

The gap in Ashington workings is only for driver breaks. One board comes off the 17:55 57 to Ashington, then goes back out onto the 19:57 57A to North Shields. The other comes off after the 18:25 to Cramlington, then back out onto the 20:57 57A to North Shields. The Blyth run does the 18:57 to North Shields and return (essentially covers the gap between the 18:25 and 20:57 Ashington runs).

(28 Sep 2020, 8:45 am)mb134 wrote Yeah evening runs are all Ashington, bar that Blyth run as the two Ashington evening boards go off for driver breaks. 

From memory it's the 0649 57A to Whitley Bay and 0652 57 to Whitley Bay that eventually run onto the evening runs - though if they've been allocated anything unsuitable for the evening runs they are swapped in the evening when they return to Ashington for the driver break.

Yeah thought so thanks for that explains the random Blyth bus dropping in, surprised they don't just run the whole thing rather than having a Ashington bus coming down to take over for 2 / 3 runs. The 57 hasn't half got around the depots though, Blyth -> Jesmond -> Ashington -> Ashington / Blyth

Also for those who like rare workings it seems all 3 Solo's at Ashington have decided they fancy a break today and 7510 and 1579 are out.