(11 Jan 2022, 11:45 pm)Jimmi wrote I was certainly under the impression that the 680/684/688 would all interwork with one another which also goes some way as to the allocation of Versas at Hexham on the 684 as a replacement for the E400MMCs.
687/689 already confirmed to be interworking with Consett doing some 687 runs between the 689 to/from Consett, presumably the other journeys will be the bus that does the 686 off peak. 686 is cut to run Prudhoe to Wylam only apart from the first Prudhoe trip starting from Corbridge, St Helens Lane and the last one from Prudhoe terminating at Corbridge.
684 will also run to Queen Elizabeth High School at school times
Another thing to note is that the X10 will return to departing from Eldon Square Bus Station, seemingly from the same stand as the X1.
Yeah it deffo looks like they interwork, tho the pattern is quite complex with the 680/688 being every 2 hours as opposed to hourly, would say it's a PVR of either 4 or 5. Yeah the 687 interworking with the 686 and 689 accounts for most journeys but the ones around 08:00 and 15:00 are when the buses are on both the 686 and 689 so presumably they fit into the 680/684/688 pattern as well somehow. I'm sure BusTimes will reveal all when the timetables start.