(23 Jan 2022, 12:39 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Yeah the 684/685 will take forever to do the full route between Hexham and Newcastle, but one X85 each way and only Monday to Friday seems pointless and unusable. The 74  is good one way, but the X84/X85 is a good quicker option. Disappointed there will be no services on Sundays (they could at least implement ticket acceptance on the 685). Arriva operates the Sunday 685 don't they?

Arriva do operate the 685 on a Sunday between Newcastle & Hexham. Probably the reason GNE won't run the 684 on a Sunday 

During the week 684 is roughly an 1hour 8 minutes journey time

685 Newcastle to Hexham about 50 minutes or so (Stagecoach/Arriva)