(15 Oct 2021, 10:45 pm)L469 YVK wrote If Arriva do a "big change MK3" next year (last ones in 2010, 2012) and reduce the 306 & 308 to every 20 mins each, there'd be potential scope for an X38 running every 30 mins Mon-Sat. Same route as 308 from Blyth to Coast Road / Norham Road then non stop to Newcastle.
Could get away with using boneshakers (as long as Euro 6) as that's how GNE started out with the X21 and then if there's growth, look at newer vehicles. The big advantage ANE would have of course depending on vehicle type used would be the ability to interwork with other services in Blyth.
You've been making this suggestion of an X38 service for about 6 years now, and 6 years later we've still yet to see it materialise...talk about a dog with a bone! The fact that Arriva haven't made any major changes suggests network consistency is their present strategy, which I certainly can't see changing.