(31 May 2025, 10:42 pm)PH - BQA wrote The following services are all longer distance than the X10, and are operated from a bus station without issue:
685, X12, X15, X16, X18, X20, X74
Not sure why the X10 is any different to the above?
Personally I'd argue some of those probably should be coaches aswell, especially the X15/X18 which run North of Alnwick. It wouldn't work really without splitting it off from their routes South of Alnwick though but that's another thread but don't see why it couldn't work it the X16 and the dead 777 resources were used for it. Alnwick to Newcastle probably deserves 2 BPH with one only stopping at Morpeth Bus Station and would help the Ashington issues aswell since these are the two which are killing buses every few years aswell.
These routes are no different to the X's out of Edinburgh which are the only routes which get into their bus station. See: https://bustimes.org/stops/6200600744
(31 May 2025, 11:11 pm)Andreos1 wrote The 685 managed OK in Eldon Square when it was coach operated didn't it?
Yeah I think so, from what I can remember anyway.