For Arriva's Boxing Day services in the future, would it not be cheaper to open Blyth depot in terms of mileage?

- X10/X11 (renumbered 10 / 11) would run serving all stops via Wideopen and interwork with the 52/X16. This would reduce the PVR from 8x to 6x due to the 43 not needing to run.

- 308 would remain unchanged.

- 52 and X16 would interwork with 10 / 11

- X21 / X22 driver changeovers would take place on Bedlington Front Street with some early morning and early-mid evening journeys either starting or terminating in Bedlington.