(24 Jul 2023, 9:49 pm)Thomas12 wrote Stagecoach already tried extending the 1 to Cobalt via Benton and Holystone and that didn't last long, so I doubt it.
Difference being that the 1 didn't serve East Benton Rise or Holystone Park. Plus the 51/51A were half hourly via Holystone and the 1 doesn't exactly do the most direct route into Newcastle.
In the future, an extended 38 would likely work out well.