(01 Apr 2021, 9:08 pm)L469 YVK wrote 43A would replace the Northern part of the current X9 so still a service where you mentioned but hourly.

I get your point about the 51A/57/57A/58 but, the 51A suggestion would be a suitable tender to replace the 359 and bring in extra funding for Arriva some if not all of the route secured by Nexus. The 54 has the Backworth section mostly if not fully covered there or thereabouts.

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Just did further workings. Miscalculated the 308 at Blyth as being 10x rather than 6x so that would be a PVR reduction of 16x vehicles, not 12x.

Yeah that's a fair point with the 51A. Ngl I was thinking how to get better monies worth with the 58 as I know that's subsidised aswell so the money saved there could be paid for the evening 57A's - I know it's currently been subsidised by Seaton Valley Parish Council. Plus you'd get money from Nexus every other day when the Metro goes down as you'd have it covered from Tynemouth -> West Monkseaton and they quite often terminate it at Monkseaton due to being able to turn trains around.