(10 Aug 2014, 10:59 am)Tom wrote Yes I agree.
And not for all journeys but a few (every 30 mins), if the Coaster sits 7 mins behind the 309 like this:
Blyth inbound: 309 (59), 1 (06), 309 (29), 1 (36)
Blyth outbound: 309 (04), 1 (11), 309 (34), 1 (41)
Lets say the 309 at those times breaksdown in Blyth or Seaton Sluice with PM being a good while away, GNE could send a replacement bus to Whitley Bay, the Coaster picks up passengers in Blyth and takes them to Whitley Bay.
The worst case scenario being that the 309 replacement departs 7 minutes late, it gets to Battle Hill 1 minute behind the 310 and when it gets to Station Road, all the passengers can be transferred to the 310 and the 309 can run light to Newcastle from there and pick up the 310 on time.