(23 Feb 2022, 11:43 pm)Storx wrote Looks like the Traveline site has been updated with the new timetables for Arriva so far I can see:So if I'm right, the "new" X9 does the current X8 route to Shankhouse roundabout then via High Pit following the "current" X9 route to Newcastle?
X7 - Serving Amersham Drive all day now, last bus 23:10, no other changes
X8 - Last bus 20:40 out of Newcastle, now does the X9 route from Cramlington to Blyth
X9 - Last bus 22:35 out of Newcastle, now does the X8 route from Cramlington to Blyth
Then the "new X8" does the current X9 route to Shankhouse then via Durham Road following the "current" X8 route to Newcastle?
These are actually a really positive set of changes to be honest and got to give Arriva credit where it's due. Only criticism is that they should drop the "X" from the X8 and renumber to something like the 367.
Or.....renumber the X7 and X8 to 367/368 (still marketing as limited stop where appropriate) and that would give a clean network of actual 'X' routes from Blyth, them being the X9 & X10/X11