(20 Dec 2021, 1:36 pm)streetdeckfan wrote The walk from the bus station into the town centre is relatively flat, so it's not that difficult of a walk, certainly better than from the train station.
I'm not sure what I hate more, walking up the hill, or walking back down with shopping!
Yes it is. My point though is that most Hexham residents now have a choice of trekking to the bus station for the X85 or catching the 685 anywhere along the main road right through the town, previously served all day by the X85. GNE presumably did this to save on PVR. Now due to the X85’s demise the fastest bus between Hexham and Newcastle is that of a rival operator but in the current climate they presumably can’t both survive.