(05 Mar 2022, 6:03 pm)V514DFT wrote I heard that the 17 (previously the 317) was a mash together of a few services,,parts of the 322/323,the 319 aswell,probably a few others ive missed,which is why the 17 became so long,the 342 has been about before too,arriva had it ,it ran from the Freeman Hospital along with the 340,not to be confused with GNE's 340 which became the 40,now known as the 41
It was commerical the 340/342 I believe.
Replaced by the 1, (Cresswall to Ashington), 2 (Red House Farm), 57 (Ashington to Cramlington) and 52 (Cramlington to Freeman). The Ashington to Newbiggin bit was never replaced nor was the part from Ashington to Bedlington via Bedlington Station.
http://travelnortheast.co.uk/downloads/b...-free-.pdf - Timetable.
I know there was hell on when they first done it as Ashington lost it's link to the Freeman.