(28 Sep 2022, 1:46 pm)GNE6312 wrote 53 used to go to Whitley Bay years ago when it ran from Blyth to Whitley Bay via Cramlington and the current route from Cramlington to New York. Remember doing the whole run of it on a V reg dart, was about 2 hours end to end from Blyth to Whitley Bay.
The 53 ran from Whitley to Cramlington for years with the Vario's then MPD's. It's just the old 343/344 which used to extend to Morpeth aswell instead of the 43.
Not sure if you knew then for some reason they swapped what was the 356, now partially the 54 and 53 around around 2012 I believe it was.
The 56/57/57A used to interwork hence the number change so it was easier to change the manual blinds at North Shields.