(29 Aug 2021, 4:51 pm)Storx wrote 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.

But they could've just scaled back the last 308 to Fridays & Saturdays only.

Any service departing after 1120pm can make a difference between a cheap night out or an expensive taxi home. GNE have got that right with the X30, X45, X85, 21 & 310.

If Arriva were to re-time the late evening services better (based on the 306/308 re-increasing the Mon-Sat evening frequency):

Arriva:
43 - 23:14
44/45 - 22:54, 23:34
51 - 23:05 - leave as is
54 - 22:45 - leave as is
55 - 23:20 - leave as is
X7 - 23:17
X8 - 22:42
X10/X11 - 22:45, 23:20
X15/X18 - 23:20
X21/X22 - 22:50, 23:25
306 - 23:02, 23:42
308 - 23:22

To be fair to your last point, Stagecoach should run their services later for the exact reason you stated given they're City Centre routes.