Attatched is how I would improve the Blyth Expresses...
Yellow - X7, changes = new links (everything north on route) to Killingworth and gives Killingworth Dr a bus service otherwise no change
Red - X8, changes = new loop around Cramlington Town Centre opposed to the confusing village road X8/X9 (current routing) being on opposite sides for the same destination
Green - X9, via Dudley Lane (reduces the amount of buses to Newcastle as really how many buses an hour do they need when some places don't have any. They still have the frequent 43, the less frequent 37/352, and the express X9
Orange - X10 via Beacon Lane (the link road doesn't exist yet) and Horton Drive
Pink - 43, Extended 2 bph to Cramlington Hospital & 2bph to Blyth (via Bebside) (rerouted current X9 route). New connections to Chase Farm Dr (short walk from Swaledale Ave (hence the reroute)
Light Blue - 1 slightly rerouted to improve local connections (not everyone wants to travel to Newcastle)
Dark Blue - 2 slightly rerouted to improve local connections (not everyone wants to travel to Newcastle)
Possibly could renumber the 1/2 to 41/42 to link with the 43 in the cowpen/bebside areas...
I am aware of the reduction in service so you could either up the X9/X10 to every 20 mins/10 comb or add in extra peak journeys, which is probably best. The X7/X8 would stay every 30 mins. And you would have enough deckers to put on all the boards - with the introduction of the electrics for the 43/44/45. This also makes vehicle and driver changes easier at Blyth bus station as opposed to needing remote reliefs.
RE: Arriva North East: Service Suggestions