(08 Sep 2013, 8:59 am)Daniel wrote I expected the 74A would utilise a branded Solar rather than it being the other way round though. 'Tis somewhat disappointing, as the 685 could seem so much more attractive on Sundays.
Don't you mean the 85? On Sundays, the 685 is split with Arriva only operating the Hexham-Newcastle section hourly as the 85, while Stagecoach operate Hexham-Carlisle as the 685 every 3 hours (with a 31 minute layover on each trip on 685, and a 27 minutes layover on the 85). So, the X84 doesn't have a leg to stand-on on Sundays really, 2 journeys each way vs an hourly service on more-or-less the same corridor, no contest.