(1 hour ago)S813 FVK wrote On this point, it appears that the proposed timetable has now been re-uploaded with the introduction of suffixes

X1 - to Peterlee
X1A - to Dalton Park
X1B - to Haswell Plough
X1C - current X1A to Picktree

Maybe the Gods are watching over the forum, or the wrong version was uploaded originally. Either way, an improvement.

It's baffling that despite having so many free numbers to select from, they're determined to cram everything into the X1 umbrella - talk about confusing. 

The X1A has existed Newcastle to Picktree as long as I can remember, but it suddenly changes overnight to go to Dalton Park? That'll be fun for those expecting it to go to Picktree in the first few weeks, only to cotton on as soon as it hits the highway. This is even more important given irregular working patterns, and I'm astonished that no one has thought this was a bad idea.

I could live with the X1 to Peterlee, Picktree being the X1A and the other two being one of the two other (new) letters, but given they're all going to vastly different terminuses, why can't we just have separate service numbers? X1/X1A, X2, X3 - it's even easier to remember and read!