(10 May 2023, 5:30 am)L469 YVK wrote Absolutely more than welcome.
But why are Nexus going to pay (unless it works out it's worth keeping the 51 re-tendered) for a tendered service to cover Wiltshire Drive when it can easily be picked up by re-routing an existing commercial service?
The 51 might be needed at the other end. Between the 51 and 54 for the Shiremoor to Whitley Bay section the 51 offers more.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the 51 run it's full route with the 54 curtailed at Boundary Mill.
If they're interworked and both hourly you could probably get away with a PVR 4.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the 335/53 merged at the Eastern end either they run pretty much identical routes but a street apart.