(16 Nov 2022, 7:57 pm)V514DFT wrote I see the 55 being canned personally, and nexus having to step in to source some kind of replacement, i see the 54 going hourly, 51 staying the same, which means you could potentially interwork the 51 and 54, amd the 52 and 53 remain interworking at Cramlington, i also see the 53 staying hourly to North Shields, but the short 53 being extended from Palmersville to the Cobalt, this of course is my personal opinion

Honestly same with the 55, it didn't really run today anyway - https://bustimes.org/services/55-newcast...l/vehicles

It's just operationally out the way aswell, whereas the 51/54, 53 and 52 are all working in a loop. I do think the 53 will be extended again though at some point though.

Mind that said that 53 could be the resolution to the 55 just noticed actually where it's terminating but it would mean splitting the 55 officially into 2.

So it could be 53 (Long), 53 (Long), 53 (Short), 55, 55, 55, 55, 53 (Short), 53 (Long)... then 52, 51, 51, 52 or 52, 54, 54, 52

Must say it's a bit of a co-incidence that the 53 happens to terminate in a random place which happens just to be at the end of the 55 - could maybe even merge them together...