(04 Jan 2018, 8:50 pm)Northern4555 wrote As well as pointless it is absolutely disgraceful.starts around 9am to 2.30 pm 3 full runs and 2 part runs, is as much use as a bus with square wheels . 1st bus starts blackett st jarrow, also by passes jarrow bus station,what is that about,deliberately keeping this service away from 26/27 routes as much as possible.hospital visiting times go on to 8pm so why curtail a hospital bus in mid afternoon. If ever I saw a bus route set up to fail this is it.Gne want to be ashamed of treating their customers in this way.
I’m guessing the service has been put on to keep direct links to the Hospital from parts of the 88 which would lose it with the new 26. So why would it serve Jarrow bus station? If the point of the service is to go to the Hospital then it doesn’t need to serve Jarrow.
A 2.30pm finish isn’t any good for visitors. But maybe this bus is for patients? Anyone going to a outpatient appointment might be a bit poorly and needs the direct bus. Visitors are more likely to be able to change buses in jarrow?
I’m sure Go North East don’t deliberately aim to annoy their customers...that wouldn’t be very good business!