(30 May 2026, 5:06 pm)L469 YVK wrote To be fair, the whole of Derwentside & parts of West Gateshead need a reset.

Far too complicated and no logic. Just needs a 'cleaner' version of what was in place prior to October 2015. Plenty of BSIP opportunities too.

Also, the B8RLE Evora could also be a game changer for the quieter boards too rather than blindly going double deck.

The X30/X31/X32/X70/X71/X72/X73 are as complicated as what the EX1/X1/X11/X24/X25/X26/363/364 were in Blyth

I think the 2015 Changes did its Damage to the services in the area.

Splitting the 43/44, V8 Merge and the new 6 Service. Then they introduced 3 New M routes from Stanley to Metrocentre (V's first before becoming M's), then between 2021 and 2022 they couldn't decide what routes should go to Consett Tesco/Templetown, Shotley Bridge Hospital & Castleside.


2015 & Sepetember 2021 were probably the worse for the Town