(24 Sep 2023, 4:35 pm)mb134 wrote Looking at Traveline:
43s are extended to Morpeth every 30 mins (up from hourly) from the October changes. Hourly Sunday service too, which continues into the evening.
57A extension also confirmed, and is running via Bedlington Station and Stakeford between Cramlington and Ashington.
X16 confirmed to be hourly Morpeth to Newcastle.
X20 timetable changes, morning journeys leaving earlier than currently and afternoon ones later.
Bad utilisation of resources that imo.
It would be much better to have it as (all hourly)
19: Ashington to North Shields via Bedlington Station
57: Ashington to Whitley Bay via Choppington
57A: Cramlington to Whitley Bay via Seghill omitting High Pit (run direct from Annitsford).
Means you would have a 30 minutes service from Avenue Head to Cramlington towards Ashington and vice versa since the 19 is already there anyway. Not to mention you'd reopen the Cobalt and North Shields from Bedlington and beyond links. I assume it's now 20/40 towards Ashington under this timetable and give some much needed layover on the 57A with a faster route into Cramlington rather than the 57A and 19 following each other through High Pit like they do currently. Could also potentially renumber one of them so all the numbers are together aswell.