(23 Oct 2021, 8:51 pm)L469 YVK wrote I think the way things are going, Arriva will reduce the 306 & 308 to every 20 mins each (10 combined) with the 306 pulled from Battle Hill Drive and both services using deckers & interworking. Marden could easily be served by an extended 51A and potentially replacing the 359.

Total PVR would be 13x and with careful planning, there'd be no cross depot dead mileage (i.e Blyth boards starting / finishing in Tynemouth or Jesmond boards starting / finishing in Blyth). Capacity reduction would also be minimal too.

Don't Blyth and Jesmond interwork on a Sunday. I could see it working. Blyth VDL DB300 would suit the 306 quite well