I know this might be a controversal opinion but I really don't understand why the 19 and 317 are both every 30 minutes on an evening and Sunday.

The councils are completely cash strapped and they're subsidising buses which are as frequent as buses from Ashington to Newcastle. It's a complete waste of tax payers money. Those 3 buses could be much better utilised, even if they ran the long 19 route on Sundays - at least the thing might actually have a purpose considering East Cramlington is busless.

It's even more baffling that the 57A runs at the same time, so North Shields to Whitley Bay via North Tyneside Hospital is more frequent on an evening and Sunday than during the week...