Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
I've been thinking about this but could GNE not get away with reducing the Cobalt & Coast PVR to 15x from 16x if they followed the example of Arriva's revised 53 & 54 by not serving the Cobalt Bus Link (Silver Fox Way & Quicksilver Way) and instead just run the 309 straight down The Silverlink North?
Would mean that the 309, 310, 311 could all go standalone and run with the following max driving hours during the day also taking into account time spent in the van for a remote changeover.
- 309 - 4hr 40m (2x round trips)
- 310 - 5hr (okay not 5hr but if driver picked up bus ex North Shields at Verne Road and was relieved ex Newcastle towards North Shields, would bring the driving hours at around 4hr 30m)
- 311 - 4hr (4x round trips)
Obviously I know the 309 was a bit tight during the covid recovery timetable before they all interworked again but it would be another bus out of the PVR with only a minor route change.