Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
(23 Jul 2016, 4:28 pm)NK53 TKT Thanks
I think it would make more sense provided the 687 ran throughout the day
(23 Jul 2016, 4:28 pm)NK53 TKT Thanks
I think it would make more sense provided the 687 ran throughout the day
(23 Jul 2016, 6:24 pm)G-CPTN That was (and is) the problem.The last time I had the 682 from Acomb (just before it was reduced from being hourly) it was packed
The 687 was hourly, which was fine for the Hexham part of the route, but the Corbridge section wouldn't support the frequency.
Of course, by reducing the frequency also reduced the ridership as it wasn't 'every hour on the hour'.
I understand why the 687 was reorganised to run off the 686, but it has further reduced the regular users.
I don't know how popular the Acomb section of the 682 is, but I saw that it was reduced in frequency during the recent closure of Hexham railway bridge which meant extended journey times due to the diversion via Two Mile Cottages.
(23 Jul 2016, 6:24 pm)G-CPTN That was (and is) the problem.The last time I had the 682 from Acomb (just before it was reduced from being hourly) it was packed
The 687 was hourly, which was fine for the Hexham part of the route, but the Corbridge section wouldn't support the frequency.
Of course, by reducing the frequency also reduced the ridership as it wasn't 'every hour on the hour'.
I understand why the 687 was reorganised to run off the 686, but it has further reduced the regular users.
I don't know how popular the Acomb section of the 682 is, but I saw that it was reduced in frequency during the recent closure of Hexham railway bridge which meant extended journey times due to the diversion via Two Mile Cottages.
My suggestion.
X21. Bishop Auckland - Spennymoor - durham - chester le street - metrocentre.
This service will be revised to operate every hour and replace service x22.
Sunday journeys will operate from Chester-le-Street depot using angel vehicles.
X22.Darlington - Great burroden - stockton high street - norton - non stop to Peterlee slip road - A19 - A184 - heworth - Gateshead - newcastle.
This service will allow for cuts or revisions to service x7,x9.
The service will operate the exact same way as route as service x10 stockton to newcastle.
This service will operate every hour during monday to Saturday daytimes.
Service x22 will be ran by Riverside.
Vehicles.
X21. 6301-03+6084spare
X22. 6304-07.
With revisions to service x10 6084 will move to crook allowing for the spare president to move to Chester-le-Street and displacing 3983 to riverside for a b10 to be withdrawn.
X7. seaham - dawdon - peterlee - wingate - norton - stockton - preston park - yarm.
This service will operate hourly still but will now use corporate buses interworking of the 265 which will be no longer indigo.
This service will no longer operate to sunderland and will brief a new extension to yarm.
This service will also serve dawdon.
X10. Alike sundays this service will operate every hour and serve peterlee bus station.
To avoid hourly breaks the service will stop at all stops between Gateshead and Heworth.
This service will also call into doxford international at peak times.
6043-44 will be allocated.
X9 6045-48.
5248,49 transfer to Deptford for service x36 releasing 4936,37 to Chester-le-Street seeing older y reg solars move to Riverside to replace the b10s
Suggestions for Chester Le St Area:
21 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St
21A/B Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Waldridge Park
22 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Durham
21A/B replaces current 34/A Chester Le St - Waldridge Pk,With 21A replacing 34 & 21B replacing 34A,Durham journeys are now numbered 22.
21A/B Run Hourly Each,22 Running every 12 Mins & 21 Running Every 12/24 Mins (Gaps were 21A/B Run) to give an improved 6 Minute frequency Chester Le St - Newcastle & 12 Minute Frequency Durham - Newcastle
X21 Bishop Auckland - Durham - Chester Le St - Metrocentre - Newcastle
Runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,before joining A1 To Metrocentre,then Into Newcastle,replaces X22,remaining Every Half Hour
X50 Durham - Chester Le St - Washington - Concord - South Shields
Now runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,alongside X21 Making a 15 Min frequency of "Fast Buses" Between Durham & Chester Le St,Replaces service 50
34 Ouston - Pelton - Chester Le St - Arniston Cnt - Framwellgate Moor - Durham
Now Runs Every 20 Mins,from Chester Le St runs Via current 50 route to Durham
the PVRs would be:
21/A/B - 11
22 - 14
X21 - Should remain as Current
X50 - 6
34 - 6
(24 Jul 2016, 7:52 pm)callum2015 Suggestions for Chester Le St Area:
21 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St
21A/B Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Waldridge Park
22 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Durham
21A/B replaces current 34/A Chester Le St - Waldridge Pk,With 21A replacing 34 & 21B replacing 34A,Durham journeys are now numbered 22.
21A/B Run Hourly Each,22 Running every 12 Mins & 21 Running Every 12/24 Mins (Gaps were 21A/B Run) to give an improved 6 Minute frequency Chester Le St - Newcastle & 12 Minute Frequency Durham - Newcastle
X21 Bishop Auckland - Durham - Chester Le St - Metrocentre - Newcastle
Runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,before joining A1 To Metrocentre,then Into Newcastle,replaces X22,remaining Every Half Hour
X50 Durham - Chester Le St - Washington - Concord - South Shields
Now runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,alongside X21 Making a 15 Min frequency of "Fast Buses" Between Durham & Chester Le St,Replaces service 50
34 Ouston - Pelton - Chester Le St - Arniston Cnt - Framwellgate Moor - Durham
Now Runs Every 20 Mins,from Chester Le St runs Via current 50 route to Durham
the PVRs would be:
21/A/B - 11
22 - 14
X21 - Should remain as Current
X50 - 6
34 - 6
(24 Jul 2016, 7:52 pm)callum2015 Suggestions for Chester Le St Area:
21 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St
21A/B Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Waldridge Park
22 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Durham
21A/B replaces current 34/A Chester Le St - Waldridge Pk,With 21A replacing 34 & 21B replacing 34A,Durham journeys are now numbered 22.
21A/B Run Hourly Each,22 Running every 12 Mins & 21 Running Every 12/24 Mins (Gaps were 21A/B Run) to give an improved 6 Minute frequency Chester Le St - Newcastle & 12 Minute Frequency Durham - Newcastle
X21 Bishop Auckland - Durham - Chester Le St - Metrocentre - Newcastle
Runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,before joining A1 To Metrocentre,then Into Newcastle,replaces X22,remaining Every Half Hour
X50 Durham - Chester Le St - Washington - Concord - South Shields
Now runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,alongside X21 Making a 15 Min frequency of "Fast Buses" Between Durham & Chester Le St,Replaces service 50
34 Ouston - Pelton - Chester Le St - Arniston Cnt - Framwellgate Moor - Durham
Now Runs Every 20 Mins,from Chester Le St runs Via current 50 route to Durham
the PVRs would be:
21/A/B - 11
22 - 14
X21 - Should remain as Current
X50 - 6
34 - 6
(24 Jul 2016, 7:52 pm)callum2015 Suggestions for Chester Le St Area:
21 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St
21A/B Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Waldridge Park
22 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Durham
21A/B replaces current 34/A Chester Le St - Waldridge Pk,With 21A replacing 34 & 21B replacing 34A,Durham journeys are now numbered 22.
21A/B Run Hourly Each,22 Running every 12 Mins & 21 Running Every 12/24 Mins (Gaps were 21A/B Run) to give an improved 6 Minute frequency Chester Le St - Newcastle & 12 Minute Frequency Durham - Newcastle
X21 Bishop Auckland - Durham - Chester Le St - Metrocentre - Newcastle
Runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,before joining A1 To Metrocentre,then Into Newcastle,replaces X22,remaining Every Half Hour
X50 Durham - Chester Le St - Washington - Concord - South Shields
Now runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,alongside X21 Making a 15 Min frequency of "Fast Buses" Between Durham & Chester Le St,Replaces service 50
34 Ouston - Pelton - Chester Le St - Arniston Cnt - Framwellgate Moor - Durham
Now Runs Every 20 Mins,from Chester Le St runs Via current 50 route to Durham
the PVRs would be:
21/A/B - 11
22 - 14
X21 - Should remain as Current
X50 - 6
34 - 6
(24 Jul 2016, 7:52 pm)callum2015 Suggestions for Chester Le St Area:
21 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St
21A/B Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Waldridge Park
22 Newcastle - Gateshead - Low Fell - Chester Le St - Durham
21A/B replaces current 34/A Chester Le St - Waldridge Pk,With 21A replacing 34 & 21B replacing 34A,Durham journeys are now numbered 22.
21A/B Run Hourly Each,22 Running every 12 Mins & 21 Running Every 12/24 Mins (Gaps were 21A/B Run) to give an improved 6 Minute frequency Chester Le St - Newcastle & 12 Minute Frequency Durham - Newcastle
X21 Bishop Auckland - Durham - Chester Le St - Metrocentre - Newcastle
Runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,before joining A1 To Metrocentre,then Into Newcastle,replaces X22,remaining Every Half Hour
X50 Durham - Chester Le St - Washington - Concord - South Shields
Now runs Non-Stop between Durham & Chester Le St,alongside X21 Making a 15 Min frequency of "Fast Buses" Between Durham & Chester Le St,Replaces service 50
34 Ouston - Pelton - Chester Le St - Arniston Cnt - Framwellgate Moor - Durham
Now Runs Every 20 Mins,from Chester Le St runs Via current 50 route to Durham
the PVRs would be:
21/A/B - 11
22 - 14
X21 - Should remain as Current
X50 - 6
34 - 6
(24 Jul 2016, 8:34 pm)R852 PRG I can vaguely remember the X21 being increased to every 30 minutes while the 21 went to a lower frequency of every 15 minutes. Might be wrong, but that's my recollection of things.
(24 Jul 2016, 8:34 pm)R852 PRG I can vaguely remember the X21 being increased to every 30 minutes while the 21 went to a lower frequency of every 15 minutes. Might be wrong, but that's my recollection of things.
(24 Jul 2016, 8:34 pm)R852 PRG I think tampering with the 21s would be best avoided. We've had a system of 21/21A/21B/22 and so on in years gone by. The 21 did Newcastle-Chester-le-Street, 21A to Houghton-le-Spring and 21B to Witton Gilbert, 15 minute frequency I believe, with two terminating at Chester every hour and one 21A/21B hourly. Combing the 21 and 34s may seem cost effective, but I think it's easier to have them separate. 21 is regarded as the flagship route at Go North East, while the 34/34A are just a local service with a significantly lower PVR.
Your suggestion for the X21 would defeat the point of it being an express to Newcastle from Chester-le-Street. Including the Metrocentre would probably increase the journey time from 30 minutes to about 45 at the least I'd expect. Both the X21 and X22 can receive heavy loadings on their own on Saturdays, especially mornings and evenings, and combining the two would either push people onto the X24 for the Metrocentre (inconvenient to the majority, as a lot of school students use the X22 and use solely Go North East, with the appropriate bus passes, but both the X22 and X24 get a similar number of OAPs) or result in people being left behind.
As for the X50 idea, I don't think there is as much demand for a 15-minute ''fast'' frequency between Durham and Chester, but mainly the latter and Newcastle. The 21s to Durham used to operate every 10 minutes until late 2012 when service revisions coincided with the arrival of the Hybrids, and I can vaguely remember the X21 being increased to every 30 minutes while the 21 went to a lower frequency of every 15 minutes. Might be wrong, but that's my recollection of things.
I can understand your logic with wanting to combine the likes of the 34 and 50, which in itself I think is a good idea and might be more plausible than combining the 21 and 34s, but in terms of fast services, I think Newcastle needs to be focused on more than Durham.
(24 Jul 2016, 8:34 pm)R852 PRG I think tampering with the 21s would be best avoided. We've had a system of 21/21A/21B/22 and so on in years gone by. The 21 did Newcastle-Chester-le-Street, 21A to Houghton-le-Spring and 21B to Witton Gilbert, 15 minute frequency I believe, with two terminating at Chester every hour and one 21A/21B hourly. Combing the 21 and 34s may seem cost effective, but I think it's easier to have them separate. 21 is regarded as the flagship route at Go North East, while the 34/34A are just a local service with a significantly lower PVR.
Your suggestion for the X21 would defeat the point of it being an express to Newcastle from Chester-le-Street. Including the Metrocentre would probably increase the journey time from 30 minutes to about 45 at the least I'd expect. Both the X21 and X22 can receive heavy loadings on their own on Saturdays, especially mornings and evenings, and combining the two would either push people onto the X24 for the Metrocentre (inconvenient to the majority, as a lot of school students use the X22 and use solely Go North East, with the appropriate bus passes, but both the X22 and X24 get a similar number of OAPs) or result in people being left behind.
As for the X50 idea, I don't think there is as much demand for a 15-minute ''fast'' frequency between Durham and Chester, but mainly the latter and Newcastle. The 21s to Durham used to operate every 10 minutes until late 2012 when service revisions coincided with the arrival of the Hybrids, and I can vaguely remember the X21 being increased to every 30 minutes while the 21 went to a lower frequency of every 15 minutes. Might be wrong, but that's my recollection of things.
I can understand your logic with wanting to combine the likes of the 34 and 50, which in itself I think is a good idea and might be more plausible than combining the 21 and 34s, but in terms of fast services, I think Newcastle needs to be focused on more than Durham.
(24 Jul 2016, 8:51 pm)Andreos1 Each operated on a 30 min frequency for the majority of their existence, with the likes of the 724 supplementing the service along Durham Road and extending to Bishop.
(24 Jul 2016, 8:51 pm)Andreos1 Each operated on a 30 min frequency for the majority of their existence, with the likes of the 724 supplementing the service along Durham Road and extending to Bishop.
(24 Jul 2016, 9:20 pm)Ambassador Didn't GNE claim that 21A and 22 etc were too confusing for customers, hence the standard 21 number. I still think there's room to improve the 21, it still suffers from bad delays and bunching up. Short runs from Newcstle to Low Fell/Allerdene would help
One from me, speaking of old Durham Rd days (a quicker bus to Beamish!)
Hourly and School holidays/Summer only.
X28
Eldon Sq - Gateshead - Low Fell - Birtley - Ouston then direct to Beamish. (Basically a twist on the old 728 and 709 routes cut off at Beamish)
(24 Jul 2016, 9:20 pm)Ambassador Didn't GNE claim that 21A and 22 etc were too confusing for customers, hence the standard 21 number. I still think there's room to improve the 21, it still suffers from bad delays and bunching up. Short runs from Newcstle to Low Fell/Allerdene would help
One from me, speaking of old Durham Rd days (a quicker bus to Beamish!)
Hourly and School holidays/Summer only.
X28
Eldon Sq - Gateshead - Low Fell - Birtley - Ouston then direct to Beamish. (Basically a twist on the old 728 and 709 routes cut off at Beamish)
Since talking to my fellow neighbours they all told me what theyd like or suggest as a bus service.
Route 8.
This service will operate via the casletown estate the same way as route 73 serving the hall area.
The service will allow service 36 to no longer serve casletown and buses for wheatsheaf can be made on service 35.
9. Deptford runs withdrawn.
New 38.
Tunstall bank - esdale estate - ryhope village - hollycarside - leechmere asda - ashbrooke - sunderland city centre - wheatsheaf - southwick - witherwack - red house - downhill - boldon - fellgate - jarrow.
This service will replace service x36 and will continue to operate hourly.
The service will operate the same way as service 38c to sunderland.
This service will serve witherwack estate.
New links to jarrow.
New x60
Seaham - mill inn - ryhope village - Grangetown - sunderland interchange - fullwell - east boldon - boldon Asda - heworth - Gateshead - newcastle.
This service will operate hourly and replace the old deptford runs.
The x60 will omit westlea and instead follow service 265 to mill inn.
Journeys will be alike the old x3.
This service will operate as a limited stop between ryhope village and sunderland interchange only stopping at Grangtown post office.
All stops to boldon cinema from sunderland.
36. This service will from Sunderland operate to royal hospital then to palion across Queen alexander bridge then through southwick to thompson road to seaburn.
The service will give residents a new service to access other destinations.
The service will operate as the 36A as it will operate hourly.
Route 9 from percy main will continue to be every 30 minutes .
To bring brand names there way a suggestion.
8. Stanley - beamish museum - pelton - chester le street - washington art centre - washington - waterview park - Enterprise park - north hylton road sainsburys - southwick - witherwack - red house - downhill - boldon Asda - whitleas - chichester - south shields.
This service will extend to south shields from casletown it will involve changing routes 5,35,50,x36.
The service will replace service 35 casletown to southwick.
This service will then replace service x36 to boldon.
Passengers for boldon Asda can get service 8.
Service 35 will be revised to operate hourly.
The route will operate a every 30 minute frequency.
Pvr.6 (5395-5401) 5401 will go red service 78 will get a new brand and no longer interwork with the 8.
New 35.
Sunderland - royal hospital - barnes - prospect - broadway - ford estate - pennywell quarry - palion - casletown - hylton castle - town end farm - boldon - boldon cinema - heworth.
This service will operate as a kind of local service the route will be hourly and serve new areas.
This service will allow nexus to withdraw the funding of route 99.
The service will be hourly on a trial basis.
Pvr.3 5325-27.
36. Town end farm - ferryboat lane - casletown broadway - casletown - southwick road - wheatsheaf - sunderland - barnes - silksworth - east herrington - herrington burn - hougton le spring - fence houses - Great lumley - chester le street.
This service will extend back to town and farm and also continue to omit southwick green
The service will join before the bank drop on keir harde way
The service will operate every 30 minutes with a pvr of
8.(5298-5306.
New x37. Sunderland - barnes - east herrington - herrington burn - hougton le spring - hetton downs - hetton le hole - low moorsley.
This service will replace service 35 on a every 30 minute frequency interworking with Deptford 9s.
This service will use 5307-09 in corporate livery but solars will also form the pvr with vykings only at school times.
From this 3978 transfers to riverside enabling 4935 to transfer to Deptford.
5. This service will be standalone but still be with washington.
50 This service will finnish at boldon cinema.
2x omnicitys will be released and these will move to percy main allowing 4912,17 to be withdrawn and the 9 to unfortunately be Omnicity allocated
Service Suggestions Why-Aye-Five 0 serives
Still have the 5/50 interworking just with different numbers
Current 5 renumber to 50
Current 50 renumber to 51
Have the 50A run during the day times but have renumbered 52 and this would interwork with what is currently the 50 at Durham
Now the routes and frequency
New 50 South Shields - Chichester - South Tyneside Hospital - West Harton - Whiteleas - Boldon - Fellgate - Hedworth - York Avenue - Jarrow and will run every 15 minutes because of interwoking with 51/52
51 South Shields-Chichester-West Harton-Bolden-Nissan-Concord-Washington Galleries-Ayton-Chester-le-street-Waldridge Park-Plawsworth-Arnison Centre-Framwellgate Moor-Durham this service will run every 30 minutes
52 South Shields-Chichester-West Harton-Bolden-Waterview Park-Concord-Washington Galleries-Ayton-Harraton-Chester-le-street-Waldridge Park-Plawsworth-Arnison Centre-Framwellgate Moor-Durham this service will run every 30 minutes
10. Allenheads - Allendale - hexham - Corbridge - Riding mill - Stocksfield - prudhoe - crawcrook - Ryton - blaydon - newcastle buisness park - newcastle - coast road - battle hill - hadrain park.
This service will see some extensions the service will extend to allenheads every hour with the service every 30 minutes to hexham.
This service will operate every 30 minutes and will replace services 57 and 688
This service will also serve newcastle buisness park allowing service 12A to serve metrocentre.
A new fleet will also be introduced.
Pvr 13. 5x wright streetlite 8x volvo b9tl
The Streetlites will mainly be used on the allenheads extension.
6071-79 will remain on the 10A,10B.
6080-82 will replace 5328-30 on the Crusader.
6083 will be transferred to crook as a spare bus for the x21
The 57 will revert back to its old route.
5320-24,28,29,30 will be freed up.
5320-23 replace 4989-92 on the 39.
5324 replaces 5212
5328-30 replaces 4969,76,5213.
The solars will replace the b10s at Riverside
(29 Jul 2016, 8:42 am)biglugs@yahoo.com 10. Allenheads - Allendale - hexham - Corbridge - Riding mill - Stocksfield - prudhoe - crawcrook - Ryton - blaydon - newcastle buisness park - newcastle - coast road - battle hill - hadrain park.
This service will see some extensions the service will extend to allenheads every hour with the service every 30 minutes to hexham.
This service will operate every 30 minutes and will replace services 57 and 688
This service will also serve newcastle buisness park allowing service 12A to serve metrocentre.
A new fleet will also be introduced.
Pvr 13. 5x wright streetlite 8x volvo b9tl
The Streetlites will mainly be used on the allenheads extension.
6071-79 will remain on the 10A,10B.
6080-82 will replace 5328-30 on the Crusader.
6083 will be transferred to crook as a spare bus for the x21
The 57 will revert back to its old route.
5320-24,28,29,30 will be freed up.
5320-23 replace 4989-92 on the 39.
5324 replaces 5212
5328-30 replaces 4969,76,5213.
The solars will replace the b10s at Riverside
(29 Jul 2016, 8:42 am)biglugs@yahoo.com 10. Allenheads - Allendale - hexham - Corbridge - Riding mill - Stocksfield - prudhoe - crawcrook - Ryton - blaydon - newcastle buisness park - newcastle - coast road - battle hill - hadrain park.
This service will see some extensions the service will extend to allenheads every hour with the service every 30 minutes to hexham.
This service will operate every 30 minutes and will replace services 57 and 688
This service will also serve newcastle buisness park allowing service 12A to serve metrocentre.
A new fleet will also be introduced.
Pvr 13. 5x wright streetlite 8x volvo b9tl
The Streetlites will mainly be used on the allenheads extension.
6071-79 will remain on the 10A,10B.
6080-82 will replace 5328-30 on the Crusader.
6083 will be transferred to crook as a spare bus for the x21
The 57 will revert back to its old route.
5320-24,28,29,30 will be freed up.
5320-23 replace 4989-92 on the 39.
5324 replaces 5212
5328-30 replaces 4969,76,5213.
The solars will replace the b10s at Riverside
The suggestion that a TEN should run up to Allendale and Allenheads (not to mention Battle Hill and Hadrian Park) is a recipe for disaster IMO.
By all means schedule connecting buses, but what happens when there are delays somewhere along the route?
As it is, Hexham usually keeps a spare to slot into the TEN route when the incoming bus is delayed.
Adding the section up to Allendale and Allenheads would inevitably add more delays (I'm not talking about extended running times but those unpredictable delays).
South Tyneside and Gateshead Service Revisions
New Citylink Service 58 - Newcastle Market Street , Gateshead Interchange , Deckham , Wardley , A184 , Southern Side of Fellgate Estate , Hedworth , South Leam , Tyne Dock , Chichester , South Shields
A mostly new routing to the current 58, Replacing the Q1/Q2 section between Gateshead Interchange and Heworth, And the routing of the Original Fab Fifty Seven years ago to Shields.
This will be a faster, More direct service compared to the 27 but will still serve heavily populated Residential Estates along the way, Aswell as competing with the unreliable Green and Yellow Line Metro Services.
Fares will compete with Metro between South Shields and Fellgate, With a direct service in under 35 Mins from Fellgate and 50 Mins from Tyne Dock.
The current Versa's will be displaced to another Service mentioned below, A batch of 15 Optare Metrocity's will come to replace the displaced Citylink Versa's to South Tyne Service 88.
Frequency :
4-6AM First journey from South Shields at 4:40AM , Arriving at Market around a hour later. Half Hourly with all services going to South Shields
6-9AM Frequency ups to every 10 Mins, With 4 Buses an hour finishing short at Heworth, 2 Buses a Hour extend the full route to South Shields.
9AM-6PM Every 10 Mins with 4 Buses an hour finishing at Heworth, 2 Continue to South Shields. Diagrams will finish with a Short to Heworth after Peak Time, Before running light to Riverside, 1 Diagram finishes at Gateshead, Running from South Shields.
6-End of Service : Half Hourly, Running full route to South Shields, Late night departure at 23:45 from Market Street on Fridays and Saturdays, Finishing at Tyne Dock.
Quaylink Service Q1/Q2 - Newcastle Central Station - Quayside - Gateshead Interchange - Low Fell - Wrekenton - Heworth - Current 58 route to Gateshead .
Service will remain unchanged but will be rerouted on the current 58 route to Gateshead to replace the 58, A extra 1 Versa will be added into the PVR coming from the Citylink batch.
South Tyne Service 88/88A South Shields - Chichester - South Tyneside Hospital - Simonside - South Leam - Jarrow - Jarrow Estates - Hebburn - Monkton Lane - Lukes Lane
Current Versa + 1 Solar allocation is replaced with a 11x Optare Versa Allocation off the Citylink 58, A extra Versa is allocated to allow more running time.
Next Stop Announcements will also be provided to make use of the NSA's inside these Versa's, Free Wifi is also provided, Upgrading the spec on this route.
Section between Jarrow and Lukes Lane is downgraded to every 30 Mins, Due to the less passengers using this section. A quicker and already present alternative is via the 27, Which serves Hebburn and Monkton Lane estates.
The Section between Jarrow and South Shields is upgraded to every 10 mins ( 88 Every 20 Mins and 88A the Same ) Competing with Stagecoach's Service 18 between Brockely Whins and South Shields and erasing capacity issues at Peak Times.
New Purple Arrow Service 15 South Shields - Westoe - Harton Nook - Whiteleas - Bolden Colliery - Wardley - Then current 67 route Winlaton via the Metrocentre, Also will serve Gateshead Interchange
A new service similar to the recent Blue Arrow Concept, This time connecting South Tyneside to the Metrocentre.
This service serves area not served by the Metro-X66 Connection, Getting more passengers onto the former Service 67aswell as offering a Semi-Fast service to the Metrocentre from South Tyneside.
PVR would be in the region of 7 or 8, With Half-Hourly frequencys during the day, And Hourly frequency's in Early Mornings and Late Evenings running Wardley - Metrocentre only.
Sundays will be Hourly on the Full route to South Shields, Reverting to only Wardley - Metrocentre in the evening
The last departure from the Metrocentre to South Shields will be 9:40 PM on Weekdays and Saturdays and 5:40 PM on Sundays.
A ( Hopefully ) Short Term allocation of 4932-35, 4942-43 and 4966 would be in place, 4926-4931 will remain as Red Spares.
Hope you have enjoyed reading
South Tyne Lad
(07 Aug 2016, 8:23 pm)South Tyne Lad South Tyneside and Gateshead Service RevisionsThe 88/88A idea is great as is the 15, not sure about the 58 though
New Citylink Service 58 - Newcastle Market Street , Gateshead Interchange , Deckham , Wardley , A184 , Southern Side of Fellgate Estate , Hedworth , South Leam , Tyne Dock , Chichester , South Shields
A mostly new routing to the current 58, Replacing the Q1/Q2 section between Gateshead Interchange and Heworth, And the routing of the Original Fab Fifty Seven years ago to Shields.
This will be a faster, More direct service compared to the 27 but will still serve heavily populated Residential Estates along the way, Aswell as competing with the unreliable Green and Yellow Line Metro Services.
Fares will compete with Metro between South Shields and Fellgate, With a direct service in under 35 Mins from Fellgate and 50 Mins from Tyne Dock.
The current Versa's will be displaced to another Service mentioned below, A batch of 15 Optare Metrocity's will come to replace the displaced Citylink Versa's to South Tyne Service 88.
Frequency :
4-6AM First journey from South Shields at 4:40AM , Arriving at Market around a hour later. Half Hourly with all services going to South Shields
6-9AM Frequency ups to every 10 Mins, With 4 Buses an hour finishing short at Heworth, 2 Buses a Hour extend the full route to South Shields.
9AM-6PM Every 10 Mins with 4 Buses an hour finishing at Heworth, 2 Continue to South Shields. Diagrams will finish with a Short to Heworth after Peak Time, Before running light to Riverside, 1 Diagram finishes at Gateshead, Running from South Shields.
6-End of Service : Half Hourly, Running full route to South Shields, Late night departure at 23:45 from Market Street on Fridays and Saturdays, Finishing at Tyne Dock.
Quaylink Service Q1/Q2 - Newcastle Central Station - Quayside - Gateshead Interchange - Low Fell - Wrekenton - Heworth - Current 58 route to Gateshead .
Service will remain unchanged but will be rerouted on the current 58 route to Gateshead to replace the 58, A extra 1 Versa will be added into the PVR coming from the Citylink batch.
South Tyne Service 88/88A South Shields - Chichester - South Tyneside Hospital - Simonside - South Leam - Jarrow - Jarrow Estates - Hebburn - Monkton Lane - Lukes Lane
Current Versa + 1 Solar allocation is replaced with a 11x Optare Versa Allocation off the Citylink 58, A extra Versa is allocated to allow more running time.
Next Stop Announcements will also be provided to make use of the NSA's inside these Versa's, Free Wifi is also provided, Upgrading the spec on this route.
Section between Jarrow and Lukes Lane is downgraded to every 30 Mins, Due to the less passengers using this section. A quicker and already present alternative is via the 27, Which serves Hebburn and Monkton Lane estates.
The Section between Jarrow and South Shields is upgraded to every 10 mins ( 88 Every 20 Mins and 88A the Same ) Competing with Stagecoach's Service 18 between Brockely Whins and South Shields and erasing capacity issues at Peak Times.
New Purple Arrow Service 15 South Shields - Westoe - Harton Nook - Whiteleas - Bolden Colliery - Wardley - Then current 67 route Winlaton via the Metrocentre, Also will serve Gateshead Interchange
A new service similar to the recent Blue Arrow Concept, This time connecting South Tyneside to the Metrocentre.
This service serves area not served by the Metro-X66 Connection, Getting more passengers onto the former Service 67aswell as offering a Semi-Fast service to the Metrocentre from South Tyneside.
PVR would be in the region of 7 or 8, With Half-Hourly frequencys during the day, And Hourly frequency's in Early Mornings and Late Evenings running Wardley - Metrocentre only.
Sundays will be Hourly on the Full route to South Shields, Reverting to only Wardley - Metrocentre in the evening
The last departure from the Metrocentre to South Shields will be 9:40 PM on Weekdays and Saturdays and 5:40 PM on Sundays.
A ( Hopefully ) Short Term allocation of 4932-35, 4942-43 and 4966 would be in place, 4926-4931 will remain as Red Spares.
Hope you have enjoyed reading
South Tyne Lad
(07 Aug 2016, 8:23 pm)South Tyne Lad South Tyneside and Gateshead Service RevisionsThe 88/88A idea is great as is the 15, not sure about the 58 though
New Citylink Service 58 - Newcastle Market Street , Gateshead Interchange , Deckham , Wardley , A184 , Southern Side of Fellgate Estate , Hedworth , South Leam , Tyne Dock , Chichester , South Shields
A mostly new routing to the current 58, Replacing the Q1/Q2 section between Gateshead Interchange and Heworth, And the routing of the Original Fab Fifty Seven years ago to Shields.
This will be a faster, More direct service compared to the 27 but will still serve heavily populated Residential Estates along the way, Aswell as competing with the unreliable Green and Yellow Line Metro Services.
Fares will compete with Metro between South Shields and Fellgate, With a direct service in under 35 Mins from Fellgate and 50 Mins from Tyne Dock.
The current Versa's will be displaced to another Service mentioned below, A batch of 15 Optare Metrocity's will come to replace the displaced Citylink Versa's to South Tyne Service 88.
Frequency :
4-6AM First journey from South Shields at 4:40AM , Arriving at Market around a hour later. Half Hourly with all services going to South Shields
6-9AM Frequency ups to every 10 Mins, With 4 Buses an hour finishing short at Heworth, 2 Buses a Hour extend the full route to South Shields.
9AM-6PM Every 10 Mins with 4 Buses an hour finishing at Heworth, 2 Continue to South Shields. Diagrams will finish with a Short to Heworth after Peak Time, Before running light to Riverside, 1 Diagram finishes at Gateshead, Running from South Shields.
6-End of Service : Half Hourly, Running full route to South Shields, Late night departure at 23:45 from Market Street on Fridays and Saturdays, Finishing at Tyne Dock.
Quaylink Service Q1/Q2 - Newcastle Central Station - Quayside - Gateshead Interchange - Low Fell - Wrekenton - Heworth - Current 58 route to Gateshead .
Service will remain unchanged but will be rerouted on the current 58 route to Gateshead to replace the 58, A extra 1 Versa will be added into the PVR coming from the Citylink batch.
South Tyne Service 88/88A South Shields - Chichester - South Tyneside Hospital - Simonside - South Leam - Jarrow - Jarrow Estates - Hebburn - Monkton Lane - Lukes Lane
Current Versa + 1 Solar allocation is replaced with a 11x Optare Versa Allocation off the Citylink 58, A extra Versa is allocated to allow more running time.
Next Stop Announcements will also be provided to make use of the NSA's inside these Versa's, Free Wifi is also provided, Upgrading the spec on this route.
Section between Jarrow and Lukes Lane is downgraded to every 30 Mins, Due to the less passengers using this section. A quicker and already present alternative is via the 27, Which serves Hebburn and Monkton Lane estates.
The Section between Jarrow and South Shields is upgraded to every 10 mins ( 88 Every 20 Mins and 88A the Same ) Competing with Stagecoach's Service 18 between Brockely Whins and South Shields and erasing capacity issues at Peak Times.
New Purple Arrow Service 15 South Shields - Westoe - Harton Nook - Whiteleas - Bolden Colliery - Wardley - Then current 67 route Winlaton via the Metrocentre, Also will serve Gateshead Interchange
A new service similar to the recent Blue Arrow Concept, This time connecting South Tyneside to the Metrocentre.
This service serves area not served by the Metro-X66 Connection, Getting more passengers onto the former Service 67aswell as offering a Semi-Fast service to the Metrocentre from South Tyneside.
PVR would be in the region of 7 or 8, With Half-Hourly frequencys during the day, And Hourly frequency's in Early Mornings and Late Evenings running Wardley - Metrocentre only.
Sundays will be Hourly on the Full route to South Shields, Reverting to only Wardley - Metrocentre in the evening
The last departure from the Metrocentre to South Shields will be 9:40 PM on Weekdays and Saturdays and 5:40 PM on Sundays.
A ( Hopefully ) Short Term allocation of 4932-35, 4942-43 and 4966 would be in place, 4926-4931 will remain as Red Spares.
Hope you have enjoyed reading
South Tyne Lad
