(08 Jan 2024, 10:37 pm)L469 YVK wrote How many times I've said this.....but a waste of muscle having an interworking pattern for the sake of Ellison Road bridge, when GNE could have all E400MMC at Riverside covering the X10 & X21.....plus the TVT on Sundays to conserve the B9TLs!

Any inefficiencies not interworking the X30/X31 with any of the Consett services will be ironed out by reduced lost mileage & breakdowns especially all the way in South West Durham from Riverside!

There's a reason why Arriva Ashington have E400MMC's on the Ashington & Alnwick 'X' work.