(1 hour ago)Storx wrote See I'd kinda argue the opposite for the X45/47, they're a combined corridor for most of the route and the current numbers don't shout that at all imo. They badly need to be next to each other and advertised as one as a 15 minute service rather than two 30 minute services. 

The 47 is a silly bus route though as it's unacceptably long from end to end and people at the Consett side don't have an alternative either.

It's a corridor which badly needs to be restored to the pre covid timetable with the 45/46/47 imo, even if you tried something different - serving Medomsley and different parts of Shotley Bridge - or whatever. They've always got healthy loads whenever I see them tbh so it's not like it's increasing a dead corridor.

A half hourly service from Chopwell and Blackhall Mill into Consett seems excessive, as my own opinion, it should be the 10A running up to Consett hourly, or even better, the reintroduction of the V9 with like you said the (x)46 reintroduced to keep Consett-Newcastle every 15 along that corridor.

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(2 hours ago)Liam Hall wrote They do have them programed as shown below 

https://flic.kr/p/2s3AuCc

Given all the issues that have been publicised about Sunday mornings operations, I think it’s just a learning curve for the future. Having a tender that requires drivers start before 03:00 was never going to be a completely smooth operation and it certainly could have went a lot worse.