(21 Jan 2026, 9:06 pm)Storx wrote Reading through the lines there, the changes sound bigger than just cutting them in half again mind.
What they are who knows, but wouldn't be surprised if either the X21 or 35 isn't every 20 minutes on it's full route after this tbh. I'm sure people could come up with all sorts of predictions on how to do that.
Whatever it is, hopefully it involves the 57/57A somehow because the current timetable just does not work either.
If the resource is there, the 35 should be increased to every 15 minutes to be honest. The only time I can ever remember that route being reliable is when they were that frequent around 10 years ago.
My maths might be slightly off, but I reckon if you just loop Newbiggin (Wansbeck Hospital - A189 - Spital - Cresswell Arms - Seacrest - Woodhorn - Wansbeck Hospital) on the X21 and interwork it with the X22 at Newcastle again you can keep them every 20 without changing PVR.
57/57A is a different game - but to be honest that seems more bus related at the moment. It's a graveyard for anything that struggles with town by the looks of it - once those 10/61-plate Pulsars get turned into baked bean tins you'd hope it would be better.