(Yesterday, 3:08 pm)peter wrote Northumbria timetables from the 10th May are now up on Arriva's site (if that can be believed):
1:
-Will terminate at Ashington and interwork with 57/57A
X14:
-09:27 from Longframlington will begin from Thropton
X20:
-New term time only journey from Newcastle to Ashington at 17:14
2:
-Revised timetable
-Afternoon peak frequency to Kirkhill reduced to hourly
43:
-06:45 and 14:00 from Newcastle to Bedlington revised to terminate at Cramlington in term time
-15:46 from Bedlington to Newcastle revised to begin from Cramlington in term time
35:
-Increased to every 15 minutes
-As current route to North Seaton, then direct via A189 to Woodhorn and back down through Newbiggin towards Ashington (clockwise loop).
X21/22:
-X21 as current to Wansbeck Hospital then via A189 to Spital and back up through Newbiggin towards Ashington (anticlockwise loop).
-X22 extended to Wansbeck Hospital and Widdrington Station in place of the 1
-X21/22 each revised to half hourly, every 15 minutes combined.
There is also an additional AM peak X20, which isn’t term time. Assuming this means the PM peak will utilise the school bus, with the AM peak running dead to Thropton to form the 0904.
Running time has actually been taken out of the 2, despite it being notorious for delays as it stands.
Interworking the 1 and 57 with delay hotspots of Bebside and Moor Farm is a recipe for disaster too.