(16 Mar 2022, 2:01 pm)Train8261 wrote Arriva have kinda made a mistake on the X8/X9 changes on the website or they have word it really strange
Service X8
If you currently travel on Service X9 and board anywhere between Blyth Bus Station and Cramlington (except Amersham Road), your bus will show Service X8 instead and it will operate the exact same route between Blyth and Cramlington as the current Service X9 (omitting Amersham Road). From Cramlington, the service will operate via the existing Service X8 route to Newcastle.
Service X9
If you currently travel on Service X8 and board anywhere between Blyth Bus Station and Cramlington, your bus will show Service X9 instead and it will operate the exact same route between Blyth and Cramlington as the current Service X8. From Cramlington, the service will operate via the existing Service X9 route to Newcastle.
The whole thing is a mess, not sure why they've bothered as it only causes more confusion, I've edited it above to something that sort of makes sense.
(16 Mar 2022, 3:07 pm)F114TML wrote That's really badly worded.
I'm not familiar with these routes, but it reads to me like this:
- Between Blyth & Cramlington, X9 is being diverted along the current X8 route (although it implies the current X9 route is being retained by the new X8), with the X8 now omitting Amersham Road.
Presumably something like this:
(The fact I've had to redraw that diagram about 5 times is not good)
![[Image: unknown.png]](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/404364425043116033/953674726486720562/unknown.png)
Sadly your diagram is wildly wrong. The X9 currently runs via South Beach and Amersham Road, the X8 runs via Bebside. After the changes, the X9 will run via Bebside and the X8 will run via South Beach. The X7 currently also runs via South Beach (but doesn't serve Cramlington) and that will now serve Amersham Road.