(01 Apr 2018, 8:08 am)Andreos1 wrote Talking of the X66. Hearing rumours this morning that a re-jig of the Q1/Q2, will see the X66 extended to Wrekenton.
Renumbered the 66/66A and branded 'The Gateshead Wanderer', it will operate all stops between Ikea and Gateshead. The 66 will operate the clockwise loop to Heworth. 66A anti-clockwise.
Rather ironically, this route more or less existed back in 1986/87.
After de-reg, the 51/52 were merged into the new 67/68 which also absorbed the 'Dunston Circular' section of the 58/59 (in the later years, the 64/65), and extended to Metrocentre. After a few years, the 67/68 was split back into the 51/52 and the 64/65.