http://www.simplygo.com/news/changes-to-...tober-2015
Date: 08 Oct 2015
We always aim to deliver fast, frequent and reliable bus services, to make your journey easy, whether you’re going to work, meeting friends or going to the shops.
There will be a number of changes to your bus services from 25 October 2015, to provide more fast buses to Newcastle and Metrocentre from some locations, and to make services more reliable.
The details below provide a summary of the changes. New timetables will be available soon.
TEN - 10, 10A & 10B
Timetable revised to improve reliability
In Newcastle City Centre, evening journeys operate the normal daytime route via Newgate Street, not Westgate Road
Services 11 & 11A
No longer branded ToonLink
When arriving in Newcastle City Centre, the service will now set down at Central Station and Market Street (near the Theatre Royal). On return from Newcastle, the service will continue to pick up from Eldon Square bus station.
Timetable revised to improve reliability
New ToonLink services 12 & 12A
One of the main changes we consulted upon earlier in the year was to provide more “fast” buses to Newcastle from Winlaton via Scotswood Road. This proposal was well received and so this new service provides a bus up to every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Winlaton via Scotswood Road and Blaydon.
This replaces services 31 and 32.
The service operates as a loop Winlaton, allowing passengers to travel locally around Winlaton without needing to change buses.
Service 12 operates from Blaydon via Hazel Road, Parkhead Estate, Snook Hill, Hanover Estate, Winlaton, Heddon View and Croftdale Road back to Blaydon, and then on to Newcastle. Service 12A operates in the opposite direction around Winlaton.
Passengers travelling from Parkhead Estate, Snook Hill and Hanover Estate to Metrocentre can use the revised Blaydon Racers service.
Evening and Sunday journeys will omit Newcastle Business Park, instead operating direct along Scotswood Road. The bus stops on Scotswood Road near to the Business Park will be served.
In Newcastle City Centre, evening journeys operate the normal daytime route via Newgate Street, not Westgate Road.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to view a map of the revised routes in Winlaton.
Red Kite - 45, 46 & 47
The timetable of these services is revised to improve reliability.
The timetable will also be revised to provide a bus up to every 10 minutes between Rowlands Gill, Metrocentre and Newcastle.
All journeys will now operate via Askew Road West, providing a bus up to every 10 minutes from Askew Road West and Team Street to Newcastle and Metrocentre.
In Newcastle City Centre, evening journeys operate the normal daytime route via Newgate Street, not Westgate Road.
Blaydon Racers - 49, 49A, 49B & 49C
The route of service 49 is unchanged.
Service 49B is replaced by new service 49A. This service will operate the normal route between Gateshead and Swalwell, but omits Blaydon, operating direct from Shibdon Road up Shibdon Bank. The 49A will then follow the current 49B route around Parkhead Estate, operating additionally via Snook Hill and Hanover Estate to Winlaton.
This provides more fast buses to Metrocentre from parts of Winlaton, and replaces this connection which is currently provided on service 31.
Most journeys on service 49C are also replaced by service 49A, however some early morning journeys continue to operate as a 49C on the current route.
Winlaton map
The map below outlines the revised routes in Winlaton. Click the image to view a full size map.
http://www.simplygo.com/news/changes-to-...tober-2015
Date: 08 Oct 2015
We always aim to deliver fast, frequent and reliable bus services, to make your journey easy, whether you’re going to work, meeting friends or going to the shops.
There will be a number of changes to your bus services from 25 October 2015, to provide more frequent buses to Newcastle from some locations, and to make services more reliable.
The details below provide a summary of the changes. New timetables available soon.
Introducing our new Green Arrow
Our Highwayman 97 service is being re-launched as our new Green Arrow service and is joined by new services 97A and X97.
We consulted upon the proposal to provide a more regular service around Whickham. Instead of operating the 97 and 98 every 15 minutes from opposite sides of the road at an irregular frequency, service 97 will be increased to operate every 10 minutes between Newcastle, Gateshead and Whickham. This means that around Fellside Park and Rectory Lane there will be a regular service every 10 minutes towards Newcastle.
Service 97 and new service 97A will each operate every 20 minutes on Monday-Saturday daytimes, providing a bus every 10 minutes between Newcastle, Gateshead, Lobley Hill and Whickham.
Service 97 will operate around Whickham on its current route, continuing to Metrocentre.
New service 97A will operate on the same route as service 97 between Newcastle and Whickham, but serving Broadway instead of Oakfield Road.
Service 97A will also provide a connection from the local shops on Whickham Front Street up to Fellside Park, Broadway and Whaggs Lane.
Some journeys at peak times will operate as service X97, from Fellside Park via Broadway, Dunston Monument, Redheugh Bridge and Central Station. This means at peak times there continue to be up to 8 buses per hour from Whickham to Newcastle City Centre.
In Newcastle City Centre, the route of service 97/97A is revised. The services will enter Newcastle from Gateshead the same way as now, and terminate on Market Street outside the Theatre Royal as now. Upon return to Gateshead, the services will depart from this same stop (number 08NC45), then operate via Bigg Market and High Level Bridge.
Diamond - 43, 44 & 44A
Despite many attempts to improve the reliability of this service, it continues to suffer from reliability issues caused by traffic congestion in Newcastle, Metrocentre and Durham. A problem at just one of these locations means that passengers along the whole route are affected.
Therefore, to improve reliability the service will be split at Stanley Bus Station, meaning the service through Whickham and Sunniside will operate between Newcastle, Metrocentre and Stanley. Passengers wishing to travel to Durham are advised to change buses at Stanley.
The Diamond service through Sunniside and Whickham will be replaced by new service 6 and revised service X30.
New service 6 will operate via Sunniside Gladeley Way, Broadway, Broom Lane and Whickham Front Street, ensuring all of these areas continue to have a service up to every 30 minutes direct to Metrocentre and Newcastle
Revised service X30 will operate via Sunniside Front Street, Sunniside Road, Rectory Lane, Whickham Highway and Dunston Monument. This ensures that Sunniside Road and the centre of Dunston continue to have a service direct to Newcastle up to every 30 minutes.
Services 64 & 64A
Due to low passenger numbers, this service is revised to operate to Clasper Village and Yetholm Road only, and will operate every 60 minutes on Monday-Saturday daytimes
Passengers from the area around Dunston Monument towards Gateshead can use the Blaydon Racers service, which operates up to every 10 minutes
Passengers from the Wellington Road area towards Gateshead can use service 96, which operates up to every 30 minutes
Service X66 will also stop additionally at Kingfisher Court and on Team Street, improving access to Gateshead from Dunston Riverside and Staithes.
Service 95
Due to low passenger numbers, this service is revised to operate hourly on Monday-Saturday daytimes
Sunday service continues to operate hourly to Metrocentre
Services 96 & 96A
Service 96 will be extended to Newcastle from Gateshead on Monday-Saturday daytimes, providing direct connections to Newcastle from Knightside Gardens and Lobley Hill
In Newcastle service 96 will depart from Newcastle Market Street stop 08NC68, near to Theatre Royal. It will operate via Gateshead High Street and Jackson Street, providing a direct service from this area of Gateshead Town Centre to Bensham Bank and Lobley Hill.
Highwayman service 98/98A
This service is replaced by:
Revised service 96 (which provides the connection from Knightside Gardens to Newcastle)
Revised service 97/97A/X97 (which provides an improved frequency around Whickham towards Newcastle)
Revised service X30 (which provides a regular service from Dunston Centre to Whickham and Newcastle, up to every 30 minutes on Monday-Saturday daytimes and every 60 minutes on Sundays)
Services X30 & X31
Branded as ToonLink
The frequency of services X30 and X31 will be increased, providing a service up to every 15 minutes between Stanley, Sunniside and Newcastle
The route of service X30 is revised. From Sunniside, the service will operate via Sunniside Road, Rectory Lane, Whickham Highway, Dunston Bank and Ellison Road, ensuring that these areas continue to have a direct service to Newcastle.
The route of service X31 is largely unchanged, continuing to serve Lobley Hill, Bensham Bank and Gateshead on its way to Newcastle.
Services X43
The frequency of this service is increased to every 30 minutes on Monday-Saturday daytimes, with the service being renumbered V7 and V8.
Following passenger requests, all stops along Fellside Road will be observed.
These services will now depart from Stand G in Metrocentre Bus Station.
X66
Following requests from passengers to improve the service from Staithes and Dunston Riverside, service X66 will stop additionally at the bus stops outside Kingfisher Court in Dunston, and at the two bus stops outside the new Staithes Estate on Team Street.
Services X70, X71 & X72
The timetable of these services are revised to improve reliability
