(10 Jun 2024, 9:37 pm)Malarkey wrote Personally think have GNE missed an opportunity here with this new X73, should've extended it to Lanchester replacing the 6 in order to provide a faster express service to MetroCentre and Newcastle for those along that section of route. 

It otherwise seems like they are duplicating the 6 for the most part between Stanley and MetroCentre/Newcastle whilst potentially offering a combined frequency of Every 20 Mins on shared sections of the route.

Imo this X73 is just stupid. They need to rewind the clocks and go back to two routes on a similar corridor to the 43/44 between Stanley and Newcastle, they worked for years and offer better links that the mess it is now after 200 changes. If the X70 is resurrected, there's no need for the X72 anymore. You might aswell make a proper express from Stanley to Newcastle via Gateshead instead rather than around the world and send that through to Lanchester instead.