(22 Jul 2021, 7:12 pm)Storx wrote Don't really see the point personally.
Blyth has the X7/X9/X10/X11/X30
Half of Seaton Sluice has the X7
Whitley / Monkseaton has the Metro
Once you take all of them away there's not that many people left, especially when there's a few who use them to travel to college or to Silverlink etc to warrant an express service along there.
Either way it should be an Arriva service anyway. One thing I do think could be changed is the fact there's currently 9 buses an hour between Whitley and Lynn Road yet streets 1/2 a mile away have nothing especially Marden, can't blame people like Ian for being genuinely annoyed as they're service is crap (55 mins believe it is) and it's too far to realistically walk to Cullercoats Metro / Foxhunters.
If you can incorporate the W1/W1A/W2/W3 maybe it could work.