(08 Mar 2016, 10:19 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote Guys, the simple problem with the X8 is the lack of time the service gets between Blyth and Quroum because of the following:
- Bebside
- Shankhouse / Three Horse Shoes / Horton Road
- Cramlington
- Moor Farm (F*****g nightmare that one is)
- Annitsford Roundabout
- West Moor / Camperdown / A189
If extra time was added with the route running between Newcastle and Cramlington only during Monday to Saturday with the section between Blyth and Cramlington covered by a sister service to the X10 / X11, it would solve many of the issue with all of Blyth's services (bar the 308 and the Blyth / Wansbeck / Morpeth locals) with no PVR increase.
I think there needs to be a simplification of the X8 service, perhaps:
Run it Blyth to Bebside ASDA as it usually does, then straight down the Spine Road to the Moor Farm roundabout, and continue the usual route from there?
The 43 can take passengers from Shankhouse etc to Newcastle, where they can change onto a bus to Quorum?