(07 Sep 2021, 4:28 pm)Storx wrote X7 / X8 - Non stop between Newcastle and Quorum pretty much while the 52, 54 and 55 does the stopping service (some will disagree but it is express).
X9 / X10 / X11 - Non stop between Cramlington and Newcastle pretty much with the 43 doing the stopping runs.
X20 / X21 / X22 - Same again but the Bedlington with the 43 and 57 to an extent.
22X Stagecoach - Runs non stop between Cobalt and Newcastle.
X84 / X85 - Run express between Newcastle and Hexham with some stopping services Stagecoach in the West End and 10 on the East side.
X47 / X77 / X78 / X79 / X87 / X88 - run non stop to Cowgate and the quickest route after that while numerous services do the stopping services 87 for example.
X63 - Runs direct to Killingworth while the 62/63 do the stopping services.
X20 - non stop between Gateshead and Sunderland.
X12 / X21 - Runs pretty much non stop between CLS / Birtley and Gateshead.
There's loads. The X5, X15, X30, X31, X45, X46 arent express routes though as they literally stop at every bus stop or take a lengthy diversion from the route you'd take in car without any form of slow service.
I would not say the X7/X8 are that much of an express - after Quorum it stops at most stops through Balliol Business Park, BT Call Centre, the bus stop on Salters Lane just after The BT Call Centre and then South Gosforth Roundabout. It is only the bit up Matthew Bank and the Great North Road it does not stop at - defo disagree on that one.
And yet X45/46 not stopping from Handy Drive to Newcastle is not an express, cannot see much difference in them 2 routes tbh.