(19 Mar 2023, 2:54 pm)NEbushopper wrote like the idea of the 52 going to Morpeth instead of the 43.

Makes sense to me as it would open new links like Killingworth and Quorum to Bedlington and Morpeth. Not saying anyone actually wants to do that mind but the 43 just duplicates the X21/X22 really.

Would help with some of the driver changeovers aswell as they could potentially run the 52/55 all from Morpeth sorting out the driver problem with it doing something like

52 (Long) -> 55 -> 52 (Short) -> 52 (Short) -> 55 -> 52 (Long)

The 51/54 could then interwork with the new long 57 like 57 -> 51 -> 54 -> 57 or 57 -> 54 -> 51 -> 57.

Arguably cheaper than shuttling drivers around with the 53 running from Blyth (reason I extended that).