(12 Nov 2022, 3:09 pm)Unber43 wrote X30 extended to Consett, this would allow the X45 to go Standalone which is desperately needed.
X30 Newcastle - X31 Stanley - X31 Newcastle - X30 Consett.
Increase X45 to every 20 mins, it will still interwork with the X30, however using 3 StreetDecks which would make that part of the service Standalone, giving it around 20 mins layover either end to make up any delayed time.
This would leave a PVR 4 so if an X56 was going to be tempted you could make up the PVR 5 with 6331/2.
This feels like an incredibly costly solution to a reliability problem.
If the X45 is impacting on the reliability of the X30/X31, then the cheapest and most cost-effective solution would be to terminante the X45 at Consett Bus Station. That saves c.20 minutes, which could be used for layover (15 min to be split between both ends of the route) and extra running time (no more than 5 min).