(15 Jan 2015, 4:02 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Why doesn't it?

It's hardly an express service. If you want to get from A to B, use the fastest bus.

Don't ride it purely so you complain about it!

Exactly.

One and a half hours isn't a long time, and there is no quicker way from Ashington to North Shields. I could complain that the 57 takes too long, as it takes a similar amount of time from Ashington to Whitley Bay.