Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Seen as there is BSIP money floating about...
This is the opportunity to create bus routes and make other routes faster....
We all love a debate about Hadrian Park (sigh) and Wiltshire Drive (sigh)
But the current format supported by Nexus on an evening and Sunday is not working (41A and 351 impartiular) with an add on of the 342
The area needs a revamp in terms of "public money" aka the tax payer which means we have a fantastic opportunity to do a trial and error
My thoughts also include to use the Coast Road Corridor agreement and the ability to create using "smart ticketing plus" a new quicker and faster brand of ticket for Nexus to promote
If we concentrate on Sunday and evening scenarios as an example of bus services not passenger usage to keep it simple.
My thoughts is to abolish the service 41A on an evening but reinvest the cost savings into another bus...
We have experts on this page who will look into costings and bus usage etc...
My thoughts is operate start a bus service say outside Haymarket bus station go via St Mary Place past civic then at Sandyford turn right and
go past the student accommodation towards byker bridge turn left through Byker High Street and pass chilli Road metro Station and Walkergate metro to Wallsend visit Wallsend Metro Station then operate the 41A to Wiltshire Drive and a one route round the loop and up to Asda Benton round Holystone then visit Northumberland Park and down via Cobalt past the Middle Engine Lane Police Station or silverlink to link with the (Stagecoach 22 hint) then up round the haridan Park loop and operate a 41A route to Mullen Road round the loop again of Wiltshite drive to wallsend and back to haymarket
The 41a secured service could be removed
The 351 secured service could be incorporated
A new ticket of say Nexus secured plus could be created meaning any ticket purchased on a secured service can enable the passenger to get off and use a faster bus to get to the destination
Like a transfer however bus to metro or bus to bus but for no additional cost.
After all the tax payer Is paying for fresh air to operate so there is no real loss
The inconvenience is changing buses but if it saves 200k a year (hypothetical figure) it's advisable to use a trial and error.
Another criticism is gonna be takes too long to Newcastle City Centre ...tuff... that is what the Nexus Secured plus ticket is designed for to make the journey quicker
City centres don't have supermarket's anymore which is why I suggested to go via Wallsend onto Byker meaning morrisons and Asda BnM home bargains poundland MandS to name a few as well as metro stations links new links to cobalt or quicker ones perhaps as well as new links Wallsend to Palmersville Metro using this service may be quicker than sitting on a metro round the loop
Bus services should be connecting communities not following suit and if the tax payer are picking up the cost we need a vested interest on how to make it better or interesting bit save money in the short and long term and take financial risks too
