Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes
Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes
Option A
This option involves the following changes;
- At off peak times Service 5A would be curtailed at Guisborough Market Place and would no longer serve Skelton or Skelton Hollybush Estate.
- Service 5 would be revised to operate via Skelton Hollybush Estate in Skelton at all times in lieu of Service 5A, with potential of evening and Sunday service too.
- Skelton would still benefit from a minimum of 4 buses per hour to Middlesbrough (Service 5 and X3/X3A).
- We would re-introduce fast Service X5 between East Cleveland and Middlesbrough at peak times, which as it did in previous years, would serve all stops between Easington and Skelton High St before running non-stop to Middlesbrough Bus Station (2 journeys in the morning to Mbro and 2 returning from Mbro in the afternoon).
- The frequency of buses between Middlesbrough & Guisborough would be unchanged at 4 per hour, even at peak time.
- A new link from Hutton Lane/Thames Avenue and Rectory Lane in Guisborough to Middlesbrough via a revised Service 5A route would be provided, reducing journey times and opening up improved access to the shops on Rectory Lane.
- A full timetable revision in place, which wouldnt change the length of operating day or frequency of service, simply revised to provide extra time between Swans Corner and Middlesbrough Bus Station, where the majority of the delays exist.
Option B
This option involves the following changes;
- At off peak times, Service 5 would be revised to omit North Ormesby Market Place and would instead run direct via the A66/Longlands Road between Middlesbrough Bus Station and Buccaneer. Service 5A would continue to serve North Ormesby up to every 30 minutes.
- Service 5A would continue to serve Skelton and Skelton Hollybush Estate as now, at the same level of frequency, with no planned change to route.
- The frequency of the service between Middlesbrough & Guisborough would not be a perfect 15 minutes, due to the difference in routes that Service 5 and Service 5A would take.
- Passengers boarding on Ormesby Bank or Cargo Fleet Lane would have the option of a faster Service 5, omitting North Ormesby or a 'as-now' Service 5A via North Ormesby. Not all journeys would operate via the Market Place.
- Early morning, Sunday and evening journeys on Service 5 would continue to operate via the full route as now (including North Ormesby) as Service 5A would not be operational.
- A full timetable revision in place, which wouldnt change the length of operating day or general number of journeys per hour for the majority of users, simply revised to provide extra time between Swans Corner and Middlesbrough Bus Station or to speed journeys up in this section, where the majority of the delays exist.
Survey regarding the future changes to 'Sapphire' 5/5a (Teesside) now underway
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/service...b282d1adc6
Option A
This option involves the following changes;
- At off peak times Service 5A would be curtailed at Guisborough Market Place and would no longer serve Skelton or Skelton Hollybush Estate.
- Service 5 would be revised to operate via Skelton Hollybush Estate in Skelton at all times in lieu of Service 5A, with potential of evening and Sunday service too.
- Skelton would still benefit from a minimum of 4 buses per hour to Middlesbrough (Service 5 and X3/X3A).
- We would re-introduce fast Service X5 between East Cleveland and Middlesbrough at peak times, which as it did in previous years, would serve all stops between Easington and Skelton High St before running non-stop to Middlesbrough Bus Station (2 journeys in the morning to Mbro and 2 returning from Mbro in the afternoon).
- The frequency of buses between Middlesbrough & Guisborough would be unchanged at 4 per hour, even at peak time.
- A new link from Hutton Lane/Thames Avenue and Rectory Lane in Guisborough to Middlesbrough via a revised Service 5A route would be provided, reducing journey times and opening up improved access to the shops on Rectory Lane.
- A full timetable revision in place, which wouldnt change the length of operating day or frequency of service, simply revised to provide extra time between Swans Corner and Middlesbrough Bus Station, where the majority of the delays exist.
Option B
This option involves the following changes;
- At off peak times, Service 5 would be revised to omit North Ormesby Market Place and would instead run direct via the A66/Longlands Road between Middlesbrough Bus Station and Buccaneer. Service 5A would continue to serve North Ormesby up to every 30 minutes.
- Service 5A would continue to serve Skelton and Skelton Hollybush Estate as now, at the same level of frequency, with no planned change to route.
- The frequency of the service between Middlesbrough & Guisborough would not be a perfect 15 minutes, due to the difference in routes that Service 5 and Service 5A would take.
- Passengers boarding on Ormesby Bank or Cargo Fleet Lane would have the option of a faster Service 5, omitting North Ormesby or a 'as-now' Service 5A via North Ormesby. Not all journeys would operate via the Market Place.
- Early morning, Sunday and evening journeys on Service 5 would continue to operate via the full route as now (including North Ormesby) as Service 5A would not be operational.
- A full timetable revision in place, which wouldnt change the length of operating day or general number of journeys per hour for the majority of users, simply revised to provide extra time between Swans Corner and Middlesbrough Bus Station or to speed journeys up in this section, where the majority of the delays exist.
