(29 Aug 2021, 2:46 pm)L469 YVK wrote Amble, Pegswood and Widdrington would pick up traffic from Morpeth and Alnwick during the evenings with a special fare.

Now Sunderland - Durham, obviously the opposite way will likely have a higher traffic flow regarding the night time economy and the last one from Durham to Sunderland is at 2334.

Likewise from Sept, GNE have the following late services from Newcastle (excl night buses).
10 @ 2320 (Was 2300 so an improvement)
X85 @ 2325
X45 @ 2335
47 @ 2305 (X47 was 2255 so an improvement)
X30 @ 2325
X72 @ 2310 (X70 was 2300 so an improvement)
21 @ 2326 - Durham
Q3 @ 2317 - Great Park
21 @ 2346 - CLS
310 @ 2320
57 @ 2330
58 @ 2319
12 @ 2320
6 @ 2310
28B @ 2305 (Was 2300 so an improvement)
97 @ 2312

Arriva IMO, should time the late evening X10/X11, X21/X22 and 308 so that the last bus departs Haymarket no earlier than 2320.

I don't think Amble etc will from Alnwick or Morpeth it's too far. Most people in rural areas tend to just stay in their own towns so people in Morpeth are from Morpeth and so on. The nightlife in Morpeth is absolutely dire anyway same as Cramlington.

It's only 20 minutes it's not worth it, the reason the 308 later run was cancelled because it was keeping Blyth depot open for an extra hour and you'll need a hell of a lot of passengers to be able to cover that not mention the run into town is dead so whatever numbers you get you can pretty much half it.

GNE are the exception here as Stagecoach always have similar times and these are on services which are every 7.5 minutes during the day. The last 62/63 towards Killingworth is 23:09 for example and they attempted night services which failed big time aswell. The last 30/31 towards the West End is 23:10 aswell and most services are the same and I wouldn't be surprised to see the new late runs unless they're being paid by Nissan or Amazon lasting long either.

Arriva:
43 - 23:04
44/45 - 23:34
51 - 23:05
54 - 22:45
55 - 23:20
X7 - 23:07
X8 - 22:37
X10/X11 - 23:10
X15/X18 - 23:18
X21/X22 - 23:15
306 - 23:42
308 - 23:12

There's not exactly much difference really, it's just aimless attacking Arriva as usual. It's the other operator who deserves the criticism who has city centre routes imo.