Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes

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10 Jan 2016, 3:02 pm #1,265

(07 Jan 2016, 11:20 pm)Kuyoyo As also have the 5/5a, 17/17a/X17, 27/27a and 63 timetables.

In summary

5/5a/X5
The X5 is withdrawn. In place, the 5/5a will operate at a combined 10 minutely frequency on the core section at peak times (arrivals into Middlesbrough between 8 and 9 and departures from Middlesbrough between 1630 and 1730).
The 5 additionally reverts to its pre-July 2015 routing between Carlin How and Easington with each round trip serving just one of the two villages of Liverton or Skinningrove. This does impact on the recovery time at Easington (Liverton journeys get a minute, Skinningrove 5)
The 1810 departure from Middlesbrough now operates to the evening route and time, arriving at Twizziegill View at 1913 (presently 1929)
Sunday daytime journeys on the 5 will now alternative between serving Skinningrove or Liverton Mines on a 2 hourly basics. As per the present daytime operation, journeys operating to Easington via Skinningrove return to Middlesbrough via Liverton and vice versa.

17/17a/X17
The number of X17 journeys are reduced to 3 journeys in each direction. The current departure from Kingsmead at 0749 is replaced by a 17 at 0744 while an additional 17 from Kingsmead is introduced at 0814 working off the 0710 departure from Middlesbrough (which presently runs light to Ingleby Barwick for 0841).
Outbound, the 1640 departure on the X17 is withdrawn with the 1630 17 revised to terminate at Sober Hall.
The 1815 17 to Kingsmead is retimed to run at 1805 all week. On Saturdays, the current 1735 17 to Sober Hall and the 1755 17a to Stockton will now run at 1730 and 1745.

27/27a
From Netherfields weekdays:
The 1730 27a will now depart at 1735

The 1745 27 will now depart at 1755

The 1800 27a will now depart at 1815

From Middlesbrough weekdays
The 1700 27a now runs 5 minutes later at 1705

The 1707 27 now runs 8 minutes later at 1715, as such the 1715 27a now runs at 1725

The 1722 27 now runs 13 minutes later at 1735

The 1745 27 now runs as a 27a replacing the 1730 departure, meaning Cranmore Road and College Road have a gap of 75 minutes between 27s from the town

No changes to evening, Saturday or Sunday timetables

28/28a/28b/29/29a
Shall list these together as they come under the same umbrella
Departure times for the Lingdale and Stokesley services from Middlesbrough remain unchanged, leaving at xx05 (Lingdale) and xx35 (Stokesley) as now. The AM peak departures are slightly changed with the first Lingdale now leaving at 0655 (presently 0700) and the first Stokesley being 0725 (0730). The recently retimed 0745 28 returns to the previous 0755 departure time. Both Guisborough and Stokesley sees a reduced level of departures during the early morning peak (Guisborough is down to hourly from the present 4 between 0600 and 0800, Stokesley is down from 3 pre-0900 arrivals to just 2).
The last 28 to Lingdale is now 1710 (presently 1705 Monday-Friday and 1730 Saturdays) while the last 28a is 1740 (1750 weekdays, 1745 Saturday).
The 29 now leaves Middlesbrough at xx15 and xx45 for Cypress Road. The 0815 and 0845 departures from the Bus Station run as 29As as does the last Cypress Road terminator at 1720. The last 4 departures from Cypress Road also run as 29As. Evening 29As to Swans Corner leave Middlesbrough at 1755, 1830 and 1930 (presently 1815, 1845 and 1945 on 28b) with return journeys at 1838 and 1918 (presently 1732 from Lingdale (1800 at Nunthorpe) and 1900). Sunday journeys are retimed inbound to run 1 to 2 minutes earlier from Nunthorpe to Saltersgill but arrives in Middlesbrough 1 minute later.
29As depart Middlesbrough for Marton Manor at xx25 and xx55 until 1625 then 1700. These last two departures during the week run the evening route to Marton Manor via Easterside. On Saturdays, the 1555 and 1625 operate this route with the 1655 and 1725 operating to Cypress Road (last 29 weekdays is 1615 from town and 1553 from Cypress Road, Saturdays are 1615 and 1523 with the 1553 running as a 29A).
Saturday mornings are back to old times with full service levels out of town from 0900.
Interworking patterns appear to be: 28/xx15 29/28a/xx45 29 with 29As 2 buses stand alone.
Neither 28/28a nor Nunthorpe 29As now have a timing point at Nunthorpe Station.

63
Reportedly due to issues raised by Redcar Council (who really should have started work on that end of the High Street first rather than sort the Clock out first), the 63 will revert to the originally temporary route within Redcar. They will still serve Morrisons but will now turn right onto the High Street rather than across at that junction. It will serve the stops at Wilkinsons and opposite the Bus Station before then running directly along the seafront to the Clock.
The 1550 departure from Middlesbrough will terminate at the Clock (work onto the X3 during the week, not sure about Saturdays).

EDIT: Links to timetables are now dead links. To view them, check the website (pointless posting links again because they'll go out of date again)

Sad to see the X5 be withdrawn, unfortunately I think they chose an unusual route for it to take, where it should have been more along the lines of the old X56 but with fewer stops - passengers do want quick routes into major towns, especially if Arriva want to attract people out of their cars.

The 5 serving Liverton Mines on a Sunday (if thats correct, the website isnt showing the new Sunday timetables!) is at least a bonus, as we have been the only local village with no bus service at all on Sundays.