(10 Nov 2013, 10:37 pm)busman101 wrote Has anyone else noticed that the new timetable has 2 arrivals into Carlisle in the morning, but 3 departures - it looks like a bus will run empty from Newcastle to Carlisle. Plus some of the hour drop backs are gone, Gilsland is withdrawn, there's an early journey to Carlisle removed and the last bus back from Carlisle is an hour earlier.
Can see a few more public meetings beckoning and more column inches in the Hexham Courant !
Yep. It seems like the councillors get to dictate what the operators do along this route, similar to how changes dictated by a councillor in Harlow Green can cause the rest of the Coaster service to suffer.