(15 Oct 2020, 1:57 pm)Rob44 wrote I'm sure they replaced it with a service... what number it was I couldn't tell you. but i did wonder at the time where they got the buses and the drivers from considering what i was told in my last post?

Just had a look as I was curious. Seems that the 44 Whitley Bay to Newcastle was replaced by the X8/X9 but they also replaced the 307, 337 and 335 at the same time so it seems the drivers and buses have come from there and it was subsidised by Cobalt at first.

http://www.travelnortheast.co.uk/news/st...eview.html

Can't find any timetables but they seem to be both hourly aswell? but I could be wrong.