(09 Mar 2022, 8:49 pm)L469 YVK wrote I can see either the following happening:If CLS closes then I see the X21/21/25 moving to Riverside.
Option 1 - New depot to replace Washington & Chester Le Street. 21 also operates out of that depot.
Option 2 - CLS closes with 21 to Riverside then rest split between Consett & Washington. Perhaps a bait room / drivers office opened somewhere in Chester Le Street.
Option 3 - CLS remains open but 21 moves to Riverside. In return, CLS get the 6 from Riverside (maybe interworking with the 25) & X30/X31 (if standalone from X70's by then) from Consett. The pitfall of this would obviously be remote changeovers needed at Stanley but at least the 6 could interwork with the 25 if the Stanley to Lanchester part was replaced by something else as well as the Langley Park to CLS part of the 25.
8 to Consett / Washington / Depford
34 - Washington or combine the 34 & 82 (Little Pinks) services together / Make the 82 & 34 interwork just extend the 34 to Birtley.
71 - Depford (Extend to Sunderland Interchange using old 238 route.
28/28A/28B/28S - Washington/Riverside
40AD/40D/41D - Consett
Move the 700's to Washington
Move what School runs to Washington
91's (that CLS operates) to Washington.
But then again if CLS does close and services do move to Washington then Washington will need a new Depot as well as it's tiny.