(10 Jul 2025, 9:50 pm)Storx wrote 2/5 of the stations aren't open yet, so I'm not sure you can make those comments as of yet, especially Bedlington which is right in the middle of the X21, which that and the X22 has already had multiple boards downgraded to single decker to benefit people in East Cleveland instead...

Also Cramlington and Morpeth are not comparable at all, as it's an hourly service and for the case of Morpeth is miles away from the centre which is a place people actually want to go to, unlike Blyth and that's before going into the point the buses run beyond Morpeth anyway. Mind I'm still looking for that bus from Stobhill to Newcastle which doesn't take 2 weeks...

3 of 20 X21/22 boards are single decker on paper. 

Morpeth is far more than an hourly service. The following trains today from Morpeth called at Newcastle: 0638, 0704, 0713, 0738, 0759, 0825, 0855, 0920, 0955, 1038, 1055, 1101, 1120, 1155, 1234, 1255, 1320, 1355, 1455, 1515, 1521, 1540, 1555, 1655, 1720, 1727, 1755, 1855, 1901, 1924, 1951, 2000, 2041, 2056, 2102, 2114, 2157, 2229, 2255. 

39 trains between 0638 and 2255. Roughly 2-3 per hour, in the morning peak you have 4 trains between 7 and 8am. 

If you're making the point that Morpeth station is miles away from the centre, please could you tell me how that is any different to Bedlington Station, Newsham, or Bebside. All of which are nowhere near Bedlington or Blyth town centres.