To put some of the "issues" to bed...
I've since found out that it will not be numbered X85 but simply service 85, and 685 beyond Haydon Bridge.
There's not much change to the daytime timetable so concerns over reliability are unfounded. The way it works with the Stagecoach trips in the middle means it can't be changed an awful lot without a whole re-write of the timetable and diagrams.
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