(11 Aug 2021, 10:43 am)Storx wrote It's not a bad move in fairness to them and doesn't change much. The timetable is a right mess though as someone who can read timetables it's a bit erm confusing. All the buses going via Sandy Bay in the morning towards Ashington and same at evening peak in the opposite direction. The 35 going the Woodhorn route during the day but then suddenly changes to going via Sandy Bay in the evening rush hour with no realistic way of actually telling it does with one random bus leaving Morpeth at 08:34 doing so aswell.
Aye, hopefully the app (I know, reaching here) makes it a bit more straightforward for folk.
Edit: I think the 0834 you mention will run dead to the depot, so won't be picking anyone up and as such will only need to drop off passengers, same with the evening trips. It looks like there will still be one peak board too, whatever works that 0834 and the 1651/1714 evening trips.
Having looked at the X21/22 times in the morning peak to Newcastle compared to the 'old' (when it was last every 20 mins) timetables, here's the differences:
New times: X21 - 0536 (from Ash), 0546, 0610, 0635, 0700, 0715, 0740, 0810, 0830, 0850, 0915 (then every 20 mins)
X22 - 0507, 0554, 0624, 0649, 0714, 0734, 0759, 0824, 0849 (then every 20 mins)
Old times: X21 - 0546 (from Ash), 0601, 0621, 0641, 0701, 0721, 0741, 0806, 0831, 0856, 0916 (then every 20).
X22 - 0516, 0605, 0635, 0655, 0715, 0735, 0755, 0820, 0850 (then every 20 mins)
So same number of journeys, but the first few of the day are quite a bit earlier. First full X21 is a full 15 minutes earlier from Newbiggin and is accommodated by the 0601/21/41 moving to an 0610 and 0635. First 3 X22s are 10 minutes earlier.
In terms of the 35 towards Morpeth in the morning peak, again compared to the last time it was every 20 mins:
New timetables: 0522 (from Ash), 0601 (from Moor Est), 0622, 0652, 0722, 0737, 0752, 0827, 0854 (35A from Spital), 0924, 0959 (35A from Spital)
Old timetables: 0522 (from Ash), 0601 (from Moor Est), 0627, 0647, 0707, 0727, 0747, 0807, 0832, 0857, 0917, 0937, 0957