(22 Dec 2022, 11:52 am)Ianthegoon wrote Wait for it to be split into two (or more!) routes, with services "connecting" at the common end point .....

Technically, the 685 already is 3 separate routes (although ran all the way through by the same bus):


Newcastle - Hexham
Hexham - Brampton
Brampton - Carlisle



Hence the need to change buses at Hexham on Sundays and the Carlisle-operated short workings as far as Brampton only