(08 Jun 2023, 9:37 pm)V514DFT wrote The current 52 isnt the original 52, the original 52 went to Ashington, but was canned, the current 52 came about in 2013, the original 53 also went to Blyth, and the 53A was evenings and Sundays only, but in 2012 it was changed to 53 being Cramlington- Whitley Bay, and the 53A Cramlington- North Shields (current 53), the 53A was withdrawn in 2013, but back to the point of the 52, the 52 went to Cramlington even before GNE's 42 was withdrawn, the 42 was only withdrawn last year, they did however add some additional journeys onto the 52 when the 42 was withdrawn if thats what you mean
Aye the old number, which I always forget, going to say 342 but probably wrong again. Aye was talking about the evening service it never used to exist north of Killingworth until relitively recently but Nexus subsidised some extra runs to cover what were the 42 runs.
I'd say it was a bad idea swapping the routes around and bolting the 57/57A onto the Ashington runs but it would be joining the rest of them in the disposal bin so can't complain too much in hindsight
