(22 Aug 2023, 11:40 am)Coastliner700 wrote If Arriva do look at selling Northumbria is it possible maybe they could retrench further X15 & X18 to Borders Buses maybe- seems like an easy option many X18s start at Belford even Berwick-Alnwick via A1 isnt much further than Ashington-Alnwick. I can’t imagine a big bus operator sweeping in but I can see Borders Buses taking the X15 & X18.
No Arriva X18s start at Belford now.
The X18 is an 8 hour round trip from Berwick to Berwick, so Borders Buses would need to invest in crew facilities at either Alnwick, Newcastle, or Morpeth.
Both routes are currently doing very well, and the Morpeth express routes make Arriva a decent amount of money - I don't see why they'd stop operating either of them.