(10 Aug 2026, 6:09 am)Storx wrote [ -> ]Nah I don't disagree but personally just think it should be split into 2.
So you'd have a:
Northumberland Park - Newcastle service
and
Northumberland Park - Whitley Bay service integrating the W2
It means you can then have appropriate vehicles and frequencies for both halves of the route and the top route imo would be quite attractive to commercial operators. If someone like GNE took it on and feels like it's attractive commercially since it compliments their Coast Road services then that's money free'd up to do stuff elsewhere.
Btw the 350 only exists as the 351 is too slow to run with a PVR 4. It's why I've always said they should bin off the W2 and just make the 351 every 30 minutes the full route with a PVR 5. The 351 imo is the more important half of the route if you're keeping the full route and the you'd have an extra 10 minutes or so every run if you fancied extending it somewhere, ie. Northumberland Park.
Probably the wrong thread for this, but I actually think Northstar could make a good go of this if they took it on commercially.
I'm currently on 0324 doing service 19. It has a NSA display fitted (and I presume the speaker is built into the display). The on screen visuals are very good IMHO but the voice is an American computer generated one and it has a constant beep/chime that I can imagine will drive some drivers mad after a while.
Does anyone know what stop has the most gct buses and what stop ?
Thanks.
(06 Sep 2026, 6:31 pm)EastGatesheadRider wrote [ -> ]Does anyone know what stop has the most gct buses and what stop ?
Thanks.
I don’t know about elsewhere but, in Durham, the hospital currently has PR1, the 52 and the 62.
(06 Sep 2026, 6:56 pm)BusLoverMum wrote [ -> ]I don’t know about elsewhere but, in Durham, the hospital currently has PR1, the 52 and the 62.
Leazes Road has the 40/40A/40C/41, 42, 204/204A, PR1 and PR2
Looks like the Park & Ride changes are on the 1st November 2026
PB1099280/174
Cancellation CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD PR2 Howlands Per Milburngate
PB1099280/175
Cancellation CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD PR1 Belmont P&R Sniperley P&R
Other changes on the same date:
PB1099280/169
Variation CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD 204 (204A) Durham Bus Station Sherburn Village
PB1099280/187
Variation CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD 71 South Burns Castlereagh Aged Miners Homes
PB1099280/172
Variation CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD 47 New Brancepeth, Tanern Ushaw Moor Estate
PB1099280/171
Variation CENTRAL TAXIS GATESHEAD LTD 52 (53) East Hedleyhope, Turning Circle Durham, Milburngate.