(03 Dec 2023, 11:38 am)L469 YVK wrote Hmmm, not a bad idea to be honest. The only changes I would perhaps suggest:

X7 - maybe increased to every 20 minutes?
X8 - withdrawn, replaced by 42/43
X23 - Does the X10 route from Blyth to Shankhouse then X11 route to Newcastle via Northburn - X11 has more areas close by where the train could take passengers.
42 - Cramlington - High Pit - Northumberland Business Park - Annitsford - Fern Drive - Dudley then as per current 43 to Newcastle.
43 - Blyth - (current X8 route) - Cramlington then as per current 43 to Newcastle.

Also, would the X22 serve Schalksmuhle Road and Vulcan Place or straight down Glebe Road then left onto the Front Street in Bedlington?

As for the 57, would that serve the current route via Nelson Industrial Estate into Bedlington then via Red House Farm?

I was thinking about the X7, but you'd lose the Arriva Cramlington to Burradon and Quorum links and they can be quite busy little flows now that the 52 has gone. Not sure it would be a wise move.

Yeah to the other 2 though.

3 addons to that above:

18 (Current 57A): Whitley Bay - Seaton Delaval - Seghill - Fern Drive - Dudley Road - Cramlington - Nelson Ind. Estate - Bedlington - Red House Farm - Stobhill - Morpeth - Northgate Hospital (Every 30 Minutes, PVR 5)
19: Current 57A from Ashington to Three Horse Shoes, 43 route into Cramlington, High Pitt - Northumberland Hospital - New Hartley - Seaton Delaval (omit. Elsdon Avenue Loop) - Seghill - current route to North Shields (Every Hour, PVR 3)
19A: Current 19 from Cramlington to North Shields (Every Hour, PVR 2)
43: Extended to East Hartford every 30 minutes (PVR 1)

57/57A/58: Replaced by 18, 19 and 43 extension.

It's the same PVR as what is being served now, but imo offers a much better service (19 - 3, 43 Extension - 2, 57/57A - 5, 58 - 1). The only loss is Annitsford to High Pitt, but it's covered by the X8 anyway.