(Yesterday, 8:00 pm)Storx wrote Guess it all depends what the major changes are which are coming, maybe there might so more radical changes which make it work somehow?

The 777/X16/X30, times wise would work for example - but you'd need to change everything else to make it work. The X30 bit is easy though as long as Northumberland allow the change (shunt the Newcastle outbound back by 20 minutes, and shunt the inbound back by 25 minutes).

I'm sure there's a way somehow to make the rest of it work, with a bit of thinking. Those 4 E400MMC's would be useful being elsewhere imo, and the economics of having deckers on routes which don't need anything anywhere near a decker doesn't make much sense anyway.

X30 has to remain with the X20 otherwise the reliability of the latter becomes shot. Realistically the 777 and X16 interworking with the 2 and extending the 35 to Kirkhill in lieu would provide a more reasonable solution.