(20 Aug 2026, 6:24 pm)Storx wrote See I'd slow the X7/X8 down.

There's no need for an express bus from Seaton Delaval or South Beach now, the train does that. 

Send the X7 via Killingworth and the X8 via Fern Drive imo and open up new links. Both combing from Killingworth Way to Newcastle every 15 minutes.

(The X7 doing something like this: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.01954...FQAw%3D%3D to do the above)

Buses and trains shouldn't be duplicating each other imo it's a waste of money, similar discussion with buses ie. 6/X21, 22/301, 23/60/61, X12/X21 just to pick some corridors where they don't work together.

Trouble is, most of those examples (particularly 22/301 and X12/X21) serve different markets that want the quickest route to the destination.
I'd agree with 6/X21 and 49/A/21