(08 Feb 2025, 7:08 pm)PH - BQA wrote At least some of the X18 north of Alnwick is NCC funded, but there’s nothing about that in anything I’ve seen. Remember that NCC promote the X18 heavily as a way to see Northumberland, I’d be incredibly surprised if they were the reason behind this change.
Realistically Alnwick Gardens are easily accessible from the current stops at the Playhouse.
Yeah no arguments about Alnwick Gardens, can't really comment as I don't know either way though.
To be honest, it's a shame Northumberland Council couldn't tender a short route running from Alnwick to Longhoughton via Alnmouth Station, Willowburn, Lesbury and Boulmer connecting with the trains and X18/X20 for onward travel. Means you could then just send the X18 direct to Craster and sort the Decker issue and give those villages a better service aswell as they're quite sizable communities really.
If some where like Linton, Cambois or the fields between Morpeth and Ponteland can get hourly services then I don't see why these villages don't deserve one either tbh. They're quite large communities.