(06 May 2024, 10:16 am)DaveFromUpNorth wrote Problem is Bebside ashington and cramlington  and the new line all need an express bus to create competition also

Aye no arguments tbh, personally I'd leave them mostly alone. The X21/X22 are fine really, maybe a frequency drop if the numbers drop substantially but I wouldn't do that straight away. I'd be tempted to mess around with the Blyth ones and integrate the X7/X8/X63 together maybe something like the below with the X8 terminated short and the X7/X8/X9/X10 all running every 20 minutes to compensate which will boost the service for most even known there's actually less Newcastle buses.

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Combine it with a little local network from Cramlington and there's arguably no lost links, maybe like the below. Whether you want to merge some routes together then that's always an option:


It's much the same as now really but increase frequency up from 2 BPH to 3 BPH for most people and better Killingworth links with Cramlington acting as a super hub, you'd technically have 7 BPH between Cramlington and the Hospital and a link from Killingworth aswell for those heading from the South. Not to mention places like Fern Drive and Backworth getting a much improved service to Newcastle.