(23 Dec 2019, 5:04 am)Stanleyone wrote 30 will continue as is now, 1 hourly to Lanchester and 1 hourly to Quaking Houses, 31 will be the current M7 and 32 will be the current M8 all interworking. X31 won’t replace the X30 simply because of the driver change overs at Consett, X30 and X70/X71 arrive within minutes of each other at Sunniside I’d anyone wants Gateshead from the places you mentioned, in my opinion not that many make the connection (if any) most I would think will catch the 16 and wait the 7/8 mins at Stanley.
Cheer and thanks for clearing it all up.
The discussion was focussing upon the 309 / 310 / 311 changes and the Stanley changes were left a little neglected. That's been rectified now.
I have used the coincidence in timings between X30 and X70/71 to my advantage in the past at Sunniside though it just takes either to be slightly late for that connection to fail.