(24 Jul 2023, 11:22 pm)L469 YVK wrote 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.
The 51 clearly doesn't work that well considering it is being subsidised, and the 51A was scrapped.
Why would an extended 38 work out well?