(02 Mar 2026, 8:42 pm)Rapidsnap wrote It's because they are grouping the services together. The stands East of the Zebra Crossing are for the Killingworth services, whilst those West of the Zebra all go to Walker.
I think this is sensible as the 62/63/X63 stand gets backed up and blocks the 39/40. However, I feel they should've done it the opposite way around as the 62/63s will be blocking the Zebra crossing now as the 12/32s already do and they are less frequent and better with timekeeping.
I think it should be 62/63 outside greggs and X63 behind as any late stacked services can go across the two bus stops that way with the X63 only being half hourly won't cause issues with this.
But time will tell... positive overall though.
My own hypothetical scenario would be to remove the X24/X34 off of that awful stand on Pilgrim St (where they back onto the junction) they only moved across the road due to the building works which are just about done anyways and swap them to the old 100 stop on Blackett St and move the X63 to terminate at Central (providing separate links from the slower counterparts). Interested to know if people have other suggestions...