(1 hour ago)Nerd4321 wrote I dont see how that is the problem or even make use of the station. Bebside area has always been horrible for traffic even before the station opened. The way Bebside is designed is just horrible in a lot of regards with the way the traffic lights & roundabout and going from two lanes to 1 lane its just a mess
In fairness with proper integration there's an argument the 1 shouldn't really exist. All the local links in the Bomersund area (bar Blyth) are covered by the X21 and the Blyth to Bedlington links are covered with the 2.
Everyone else should be changing onto the train since it's just duplicating it.
Imo in a proper integrated world, you'd probably have something running like: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Blyth+Be...FQAw%3D%3D in Blyth connecting to the trains South at Newsham and connecting with the trains North at Bebside with them waiting if the trains are delayed - even the yanks understand this, with the X8 doing the same for the rest of Blyth.
It's a way to reduce cars as people can travel via bus to the station rather than driving there (like now) which causes traffic in Bebside. Right now you've got a fantastic rail service but you can't connect to it because there's no last mile links.