(3 hours ago)Rob44 wrote  I see what you mean too but where do you draw the line. Take the GNR and regent centre.  Would you end the route of the 44 and 45 there but allow the 43 and the x services continue because its about 20 minute to there from Dininngton, Brunwick and the rig but because it would take well over 30 minutes on the buses from blyth/morpeth and other nothern town they could just continue on?

Aye the Regent Centre has the same issues really. Stuff like Q3, 49 and X46 definitely though as they shouldn't exist. 

I'd even make the case for 35 aswell. The amount of PVR those services heading down through Gosforth, and they don't pick people up either, you could have a bloody frequent service to each of the little legs. 

Will they be busy - probably not, but neither are the buses now so might aswell try something different and it's less buses clogging up Gosforth High Street. They're all subsidised, bar the Q3, so they could do it tomorrow really. 

The 43/44/45 should exist though as something has to serve the Great North Road and they're the best services for it imo. 

The X's probably shouldn't all exist, some of them at least, if Cramlington, Morpeth, Pegswood, Widdrington and the Northumberland Line stations have better trains and better connectivity really but that's fantasy land really.