(20 Sep 2022, 7:36 pm)V514DFT wrote I'd also swap the 53 and 54
53- Cramlington-Whitley Bay
54-Newcastle-North Shields
Never understood why it was swapped in the first place after the 56/X6 was axed, ran perfectly fine when it was the 356
Must admit I didn't really get that one, guessing the people in Backworth preferred a bus to Whitley over North Shields. All I can really think of tbh.
I'm surprised the 52/53/54 are all still full size buses, the 52 (340/342) and 53 (343/344) ran with minibuses for years and they never really shouted out at bus routes that needed anything bigger tbh. Whenever I see them now they never seem to need anything bigger either tbh but there might be some areas I miss where they actually need them.