(17 Dec 2023, 9:06 am)L469 YVK wrote If Nedderton is kept on the X21, how will the timetables be robust enough to increase running time & layover?
Working it out based on the X21 getting ex Newbiggin (if re-routed via Hartford Road):
1hr Ash > NCL
58m NCL > Ash
That would only leave 7 minutes layover in Morpeth (35) and 9 minutes in Newcastle taking into account the extra 5 minutes each way via Nedderton. Whereas via Hartford Road, would leave 9 minutes in Newcastle and 17 minutes in Morpeth, which would come in very handy during the peaks.
Saturdays, PVR would need increased from 14x to 15x vehicles if X21 kept via Nedderton.
Also on Sundays, would leave no scope to increase running times without a long layover in Morpeth.
The running time is shorter...?
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.18566...?entry=ttu
The X21/35 are combined effectively doing that loop now. Rather that the X21 doing:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.18566...?entry=ttu