(20 Oct 2026, 4:20 pm)V514DFT wrote Looks like the X7/8/9 are suffering today, dunno if it is related to what's in the title of this thread, i did notice my inbound X8 turned into the 43, while this morning my inbound X7 turned into the X10 (which i presumed was normal), but i also so an X8 drop onto the 308 at Haymarket (which to my knowledge isn't normal), but i noticed a poster at the stand for the X7/8/9 at Haymarket and it said the X7 at 17:25 is cancelled and the X9 at 19:05 is also

The Blyth interworking patterns have no pattern whatsoever.  There are some X8’s which become 308’s at Haymarket (15:28 off Blyth becomes the 16:45 308 off Haymarket for example). Cancelled journeys aside, everything you’ve stated happened are booked workings. The 17:25 X7 runs off the 16:03 X8 from Blyth, the 19:05 X9 runs off a 306 which originates off Blyth as the 14:00 308. So in the first case it will have been no driver, in second case an earlier no driver has meant no bus. Sickness is rather high atm in the depot which isn’t uncommon this time of year and priority is given to the contracted services.