(26 Dec 2022, 7:12 pm)L469 YVK wrote In response to some of the comments about lack of layover times on the Consett / Stanley to Newcastle services, I've managed to come up with the following without increasing the current PVR of 19x. All with sensible layover times.
Interworking patterns:
X71-X45-X45-X71 - PVR 5x 4hr24m
X72-X45-X45-X72 - PVR 5x 4hr33m - remote relief at Stanley
47-X30-X31-47 / 47-X31-X30-47 - PVR 9x 4hr16m
Current PVR (19x):
- X30/X31/X45 - 8x
- X71/X72 - 5x
- 47 - 6x
New PVR (19x):
- X45/X71/X72 - PVR 10x
- 47/X30/X31 - PVR 9x
Consett Euro 6 Fleet:
- 9x ADL E400MMC 6343-51 - 47/X30/X31
- 5x ADL E400MMC 6338-42 - X45/X71/X72
- 5x Volvo B5TL 6308-12 - X45/X71/X72
Consett Euro 6 Spares:
- ADL E400MMC - 6336, 6337
- Volvo B5TL - 6313, 6314
Other changes:
- 6334-35 - freed up
- 6043-48 - freed up >
- 6356-63 - X21
The Consett X Lines network is crap now imo.
In my opinion there should be one express route, running on the lines of this every 20 minutes or so - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.83359...67!1m0!3e0 pushed in a similar way to what the X1 is like between Newcastle, Washington, Houghton and beyond.
With a bunch of slower routes hoovering up all the villages incorporating the 6, 16 between Stanley and Consett, X30/X31 between Whickham and Newcastle, X45, 47, X71, X72 and 78 between Stanley and Consett.
It's far too slow between Consett and Stanley to Gateshead and that route from Consett to Newcastle is no longer than the current X45 or X71 and would give Leadgate, Castleside and Anfield Plain a much much better service to the main place they actually want to go to.