(20 Feb 2022, 10:21 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote I know it's speculation, but are we likely to see any changes during this 'cooling off' period such as services being taken on commercially? The 22 going to Whitley Bay sounds like a mistake, perhaps Newcastle to Whitley Bay and then a separate route to and from Throckley.
(20 Feb 2022, 11:18 pm)Andreos1 wrote I'd hazard a guess that some of these services suddenly become financially viable and the daytime operator decides to keep them going forward.
However this whole Whitley Bay rumour and extension to Hillheads Estate. There's one over Westerhope. Could it be that Hillheads Estate the 22 is going to and not Whitley Bay? Especially when the 71 has been mentioned in these changes as only running between Westerhope and the town. Severing any connections beyond there.
I don't believe there's any changes to the 22 at all - https://bustimes.org/registrations/PB0002404/4
There's been a variation submitted and the only change is a change to one of the morning 22X's. It's just hearsay imo and someone potentially looking at the night bus map, someone mentioning Stagecoach in Whitley which was obviously the 317 and putting 2 + 2 together.