Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
(25 Feb 2020, 11:43 pm)Storx Since the demise of the 19 I was thinking of a way of getting it to work however this would involve 2 councils, possibly Cobalt, and the NHS all working together.The 58 isn't GNEs service to replace it is arriva operated and an NCC contract
20 (Hourly): 42/42A Route from North Shields to Cobalt, direct to Earsdon via Shiremoor skipping Northumberland Park, 19 bus route to Ashington, extended to Wansbeck Hospital
20A (Hourly): Same as 20 until Boghouses then 58 bus route to East Hartford
These buses would be branded for the NHS and be an extended shuttle bus linking all the three hospitals together as currently it's very difficult to get between them. There would also be discounted fares between Shiremoor Metro and Northumbria Hospital which would give a frequent but a reasonable priced fare between the hospital, Seaton Delaval and Holywell to the Metro which you can't really do currently without going via Newcastle or back tracking via West Monkseaton which is 3Z on the Metro. I know if it was marketed well it could become popular as the X7 is too slow at peak times but the current 19 is too expensive.
This would replace the 58, the 335 between North Shields and Cobalt and the Northumberland NHS Shuttles Buses and get all the subsidies which go into all 3 but creates lots of new links such as East Hartford to anywhere, the links between the 3 hospitals and keep the Cobalt link for SE Northumberland and also may help with the serious parking issues at the new hospital. You would lose the 2 daily service from Seaton Sluice to Cramlington however but they carry fresh anyway atm.
(25 Feb 2020, 11:43 pm)Storx Since the demise of the 19 I was thinking of a way of getting it to work however this would involve 2 councils, possibly Cobalt, and the NHS all working together.The 58 isn't GNEs service to replace it is arriva operated and an NCC contract
20 (Hourly): 42/42A Route from North Shields to Cobalt, direct to Earsdon via Shiremoor skipping Northumberland Park, 19 bus route to Ashington, extended to Wansbeck Hospital
20A (Hourly): Same as 20 until Boghouses then 58 bus route to East Hartford
These buses would be branded for the NHS and be an extended shuttle bus linking all the three hospitals together as currently it's very difficult to get between them. There would also be discounted fares between Shiremoor Metro and Northumbria Hospital which would give a frequent but a reasonable priced fare between the hospital, Seaton Delaval and Holywell to the Metro which you can't really do currently without going via Newcastle or back tracking via West Monkseaton which is 3Z on the Metro. I know if it was marketed well it could become popular as the X7 is too slow at peak times but the current 19 is too expensive.
This would replace the 58, the 335 between North Shields and Cobalt and the Northumberland NHS Shuttles Buses and get all the subsidies which go into all 3 but creates lots of new links such as East Hartford to anywhere, the links between the 3 hospitals and keep the Cobalt link for SE Northumberland and also may help with the serious parking issues at the new hospital. You would lose the 2 daily service from Seaton Sluice to Cramlington however but they carry fresh anyway atm.
