(09 Mar 2021, 4:15 pm)mb134 wrote Was thinking about the GNE X11 this morning and other routes or areas of the NE that could be exploited this summer.
Looking at North Northumberland, up to Seahouses, you could realistically add 2 to the PVR of the X18 and X20 (1 per route, to be honest only really a PVR increase of 1 over the usual summer) to achieve the following:
X18 up to Berwick every 2 hours as per 2019.
X20 up to Seahouses ever 2 hours (northbound dep Alnwick xx:35, arr Seahouses xx:34, dep Seahouses xx:36, arr Alnwick xx:35)
Gives a combined Alnwick to Seahouses frequency of every hour (unevenly split). Opens up an easy avenue up the coast for those living in Ashington, Ellington, Lynemouth and the caravan parks around that area. Equally gives a better option for the hop on hop off day tickets up there for people who want to do so.
I'd hope they also look at bringing back the every 20 minutes X93 between Whitby and S'Boro.
Isn't there the 418 which runs in between the X18 runs to do a bus every hour service up there already between Alnwick and Belford.
I don't disagree with the hourly runs up there but I'd say run the X15 shorts up instead of the X20. It's almost 40 minutes quicker between Newcastle and Alnwick and is a big difference when making a long journey all the way upto Seahouses.
I know there's some on here who enjoy riding around the world on buses but 3 hours is too long for the majority of people but I'd be tempted to do something like https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.60776...d6!1m0!3e0 and give a much quicker service up to Bamburgh instead every 2 hours rather than an uneven hourly service from Amble etc. I tried to jam Craster in but it takes too long.