(12 Apr 2021, 4:48 pm)L469 YVK wrote If Arriva really wanted a Stannington link, they could do this:
- X21 - Daytime journeys via Hartlands, evenings via Nedderton. Every 30 mins Mon-Sat
- X22 - Same but every 30 mins Mon-Sat
- X23 - Stannington, Nedderton, Bedlington Glebe Bank, Bedlington Front Street West then same as X21/X22. Every 30 mins Mon-Sat.
Journey time from Stannington to Newcastle would be approximately 45 mins.
Surely if you we're going to do something like the X23 you'd do the reverse route Newcastle - Stannington - Nedderton - Bedlington. The route your doing there is way too slow for the places your trying to give a service to and going via Stannington Station from Nedderton is barely any difference timewise.
(12 Apr 2021, 6:14 pm)Andreos1 wrote Agree 100%.
It's that thinking differently, thinking long term and trying to encourage people (from whatever area, affluent or not), to make the switch.
As for services operating to/via Stannington, I'm sure there were extensions of Dinnington services that ran to Stannington.
Think the Morpeth expresses stopped due to the poor road infrastructure and high accident rate at the junctions prior to the graded improvements.
Usually I'd agree but there's no demand for a service from Stannington, going Southbound it's just an unnessessary diversion since you have to go into the village then double back on yourself when heading Southbound.
One route you could potentially try is messing with the X16 and use the country roads to Stannington something like this https://goo.gl/maps/7CTpDUXAo46ddQ1A8 also serving Whitehouse Farm, hoping you can get persuade a few punters to use it to the farm since it is a quite popular destination with no bus service at all but I'm not sure you'd get enough people to make it worth (maybe a 2 hourly service?)