(25 Feb 2020, 3:40 pm)Dan wrote Full details are to be announced on the Go North East website very shortly, but unfortunately Cobalt Business Park (who funded the section of the route to Cramlington and Ashington) have withdrawn their funding of it, and there aren’t enough passengers using this service to operate it on a commercial basis... so yes, if you’re travelling to Ashington from 22 March it will be on an Arriva bus.Arriva could maybe once Haddricks Mill has been completed (due to interworking with the 52) send the 53 through Cobalt. Would still leave Seaton Deleval, Earsdon and East Cramlington without a bus to Cobalt though.
Trust me when I say every avenue has been explored to save this section of the route, as completely pulling out of an area isn't ever something that an operator likes to do!
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