Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
(25 Oct 2021, 5:01 pm)Andreos1 I'd have had the peak 71 serve Rainton Bridge and Doxford Park myself.
Like it does around Seaham Enterprise Park.
Still have it run Chester - Seaham, but play about with the timings so that it is timed to connect with the trains at Seaham and open up a stack of new links at the same time. I'd have also played around with the timings, so the headway with the 78 was a bit more of a clock face.
You can probably see Seaham from Doxford Park, but there's not much chance of getting a bus between the two.
Instead punters were travelling in to Sunderland and back out again or clogging up one of the other bus routes around Silksworth, Ryhope or on the A19.
Ditto Chester and the business park (major source of employment for those in the Chester area) at Rainton Bridge.
Get an hourly bus and hope for a connection (not too bad heading there - awful heading back), use the car or take a look at the improved offering which offers direct links, but from an ops perspective it also has the potential to remove a load of traffic stuck at Woodstone Village and Fencehouses - easing pressure on the inevitably delayed and stuck 4 and 78.
Me being me, I'd have promoted it via free and paid for advertising. Can't whack a positive relationship with a business park and a load of free advertising. Multiply that by three business parks... And well all of a sudden thousands of people are aware of the service and the chances are that a proportion of them start using it.
71: as is during the day but with improved timetabling.
71P: am and pm peaks on a 30min frequency. Chester - Great Lumley - Fencehouses - Rainton Bridge - Houghton - Dox Park - A19 - Seaham (and station) - Seaham Enterprise Park.
Win win on so many levels.
They can have that suggestion on me.
(25 Oct 2021, 5:01 pm)Andreos1 I'd have had the peak 71 serve Rainton Bridge and Doxford Park myself.
Like it does around Seaham Enterprise Park.
Still have it run Chester - Seaham, but play about with the timings so that it is timed to connect with the trains at Seaham and open up a stack of new links at the same time. I'd have also played around with the timings, so the headway with the 78 was a bit more of a clock face.
You can probably see Seaham from Doxford Park, but there's not much chance of getting a bus between the two.
Instead punters were travelling in to Sunderland and back out again or clogging up one of the other bus routes around Silksworth, Ryhope or on the A19.
Ditto Chester and the business park (major source of employment for those in the Chester area) at Rainton Bridge.
Get an hourly bus and hope for a connection (not too bad heading there - awful heading back), use the car or take a look at the improved offering which offers direct links, but from an ops perspective it also has the potential to remove a load of traffic stuck at Woodstone Village and Fencehouses - easing pressure on the inevitably delayed and stuck 4 and 78.
Me being me, I'd have promoted it via free and paid for advertising. Can't whack a positive relationship with a business park and a load of free advertising. Multiply that by three business parks... And well all of a sudden thousands of people are aware of the service and the chances are that a proportion of them start using it.
71: as is during the day but with improved timetabling.
71P: am and pm peaks on a 30min frequency. Chester - Great Lumley - Fencehouses - Rainton Bridge - Houghton - Dox Park - A19 - Seaham (and station) - Seaham Enterprise Park.
Win win on so many levels.
They can have that suggestion on me.
