(23 May 2021, 7:34 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Thanks for the reply.

Stupidly, I thought I could get the 434 from Blyth, but it certainly is across the river! So 309 to Cobalt and 19 to Ashington would be the answer. 434 doesn't connect with any other services. I thought 434 must be contracted as it's so infrequent and doesn't seem like a pupular service. Are Northumberland contracts renewed every so often? Like 74/434/808 etc. Not sure how many Northumberland contracts there are.

Honestly not sure how the contracts are done believe they're done on a longer basic rather than the approach Nexus does with them all being short contracts. 

Believe most of the Tynedale Links are though. You've got the S1/S2 in Morpeth, there's the Alnwick to Thropton service (forgot number), the 19 north of Northumberland Park which is in partnership with Cobalt, the 58 in partnership with the NHS (I believe) and the 57A evening services but believe they're done by Seaton Valley Parish Council. Other than that not sure there's anything else probably some of the Berwick local routes are aswell and the Wooler service which I don't know much about tbh

You should be able to get the 19 to Ashington and then the 434 back to Bedlington Station and change back onto the 19 or vice versa though, unsure on connections though.