(02 Apr 2023, 6:47 pm)Unber43 wrote Why was the 11X an express? Also what journeys did it operate as I can't seem to find it
Slight mistake on my account.
It was the X11 around 2008 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...0871587338
Then at some point it became the 11 which used two bendys in a morning.
As I caught this from Blaydon to Scotswood Bridge - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...1145981454
Then I caught the second working coming off the Scotswood Bridge - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...1145201306
When the 188 was withdrawn, the 56 never actually used bendys. I think there was talk of an extra in the morning on the 21 using the bendy. But possible the one that previously did the 611 and the one did the 188 were both utilised on the revised X11 then 11.
Cannot remember if the practise continued when the Citaros bendys came as I haven't got any photos of the Citaros Bendys on the 11, but you had the routes 58, X40 and X66 all using bendy buses.