(25 Jun 2019, 10:02 am)DH9 wrote
A pure guess.
Might this just be commuter buses from and to Consett via Lanchester to make up for direct links lost from Lanchester to Newcastle back in 2015?
The rest of the day might be Stanley to Newcastle as now as I don't see how an all day change would be viable.
The X30 and X31 would take passengers from the 16 and 78.
You could well be right! With 28x StreetDecks going to Consett (as well as 3x E400MMCs):
- 14x X45/X46/X47
- 3x X30
- 3x X31
- 5x X70/X71
- 3x X5/X15
- 3x spare StreetDecks
This could mean that the Consett extension will most likely be peak times only to reduce dead mileage maybe or evenings & Sundays for that matter?