Ashington bus services
Ashington bus services
(23 May 2021, 7:07 pm)OrangeArrow49 Are the 19 and 434 good services to Ashington? Is the 434 a contracted service? I'd like to go to Ashington some time. Maybe 309 to Blyth, then 434 to Ashington or maybe 309/310 to Cobalt and the 19 to Ashington. How good are the connections between the 19, 309 and 434? To get back I'd need a 19 to Cobalt and then a 309 back to Newcastle. Quite complicated to get to and from Ashington!When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride. As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.
(23 May 2021, 7:07 pm)OrangeArrow49 Are the 19 and 434 good services to Ashington? Is the 434 a contracted service? I'd like to go to Ashington some time. Maybe 309 to Blyth, then 434 to Ashington or maybe 309/310 to Cobalt and the 19 to Ashington. How good are the connections between the 19, 309 and 434? To get back I'd need a 19 to Cobalt and then a 309 back to Newcastle. Quite complicated to get to and from Ashington!When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride. As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.
(31 May 2021, 6:30 pm)Metroline1511 When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride. As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.
(31 May 2021, 6:30 pm)Metroline1511 When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride. As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.
(31 May 2021, 6:30 pm)Metroline1511 When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride. As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.
(31 May 2021, 6:30 pm)Metroline1511 When I come to Newcastle next week I shall use route 19, possibly linking Ashington with North Shields although it is of course a long ride. As I don't know the other villages served by route 434 I do not intend to include that route.
(31 May 2021, 6:44 pm)OrangeArrow49 North Shields to Ashington is a long route. Any particular reason you are using the 19? Yeah, the 434 isn't a good route.Really for the distinction that it goes a long way north of Go North East's main territory. I similarly like route 309 continuing to Blyth.
(31 May 2021, 7:17 pm)mb134 Depending on the time you're up that way, you could realistically:That could be a nice way to combine all the 3 Go North East routes north of North Tyneside.
Get a 19 to The Elephant, either the 10:02 or 12:02 off North Shields would get you there for 11:21/13:21.
Catch the 434 from the other side of the road at 11:30/13:30, gets you to Bedlington Station Station Street at 11:53/13:53.
From there get an X21 (12:01/14:01) back to Newcastle, or a 1 (12:19/14:19) to Blyth and a 309 to Newcastle from there.
(31 May 2021, 6:44 pm)OrangeArrow49 North Shields to Ashington is a long route. Any particular reason you are using the 19? Yeah, the 434 isn't a good route.Really for the distinction that it goes a long way north of Go North East's main territory. I similarly like route 309 continuing to Blyth.
(31 May 2021, 7:17 pm)mb134 Depending on the time you're up that way, you could realistically:That could be a nice way to combine all the 3 Go North East routes north of North Tyneside.
Get a 19 to The Elephant, either the 10:02 or 12:02 off North Shields would get you there for 11:21/13:21.
Catch the 434 from the other side of the road at 11:30/13:30, gets you to Bedlington Station Station Street at 11:53/13:53.
From there get an X21 (12:01/14:01) back to Newcastle, or a 1 (12:19/14:19) to Blyth and a 309 to Newcastle from there.
(31 May 2021, 9:11 pm)Metroline1511 Really for the distinction that it goes a long way north of Go North East's main territory. I similarly like route 309 continuing to Blyth.
That could be a nice way to combine all the 3 Go North East routes north of North Tyneside.
I reckon on doing Newcastle - Ashington - North Shields - Blyth - Newcastle and more. My plans are just to include Northumberland from Tyne & Wear rather than local links there, as there is so much choice already.
(31 May 2021, 9:11 pm)Metroline1511 Really for the distinction that it goes a long way north of Go North East's main territory. I similarly like route 309 continuing to Blyth.
That could be a nice way to combine all the 3 Go North East routes north of North Tyneside.
I reckon on doing Newcastle - Ashington - North Shields - Blyth - Newcastle and more. My plans are just to include Northumberland from Tyne & Wear rather than local links there, as there is so much choice already.
(31 May 2021, 10:56 pm)Storx I'm not sure what your plans are but I'd probably do
Newcastle -> Blyth -> Ashington -> North Shields in that order. There's no direct bus between North Shields and Blyth so you'll be doing 2 buses or using the Metro.
It all connects quite nicely aswell
10:21 to Blyth (309) in at 11:26
11:42 to Ashington (Arriva 1) in at 12:19
12:30 to North Shields (19) in at 14:00
14:10 to Jarrow (319) in at 14:22
Seen you mention it in the GCT thread. Add hours on or off it's the same every hour until about 2pm.
(31 May 2021, 10:56 pm)Storx I'm not sure what your plans are but I'd probably do
Newcastle -> Blyth -> Ashington -> North Shields in that order. There's no direct bus between North Shields and Blyth so you'll be doing 2 buses or using the Metro.
It all connects quite nicely aswell
10:21 to Blyth (309) in at 11:26
11:42 to Ashington (Arriva 1) in at 12:19
12:30 to North Shields (19) in at 14:00
14:10 to Jarrow (319) in at 14:22
Seen you mention it in the GCT thread. Add hours on or off it's the same every hour until about 2pm.
(31 May 2021, 11:08 pm)OrangeArrow49 I'm looking for some interesting Go North East-only trips. Maybe some GCT buses, and I'd like to get the A-line 792 to Benton sometime, although it's a works bus so I'm unsure. Where are the best places to go?
(31 May 2021, 11:08 pm)OrangeArrow49 I'm looking for some interesting Go North East-only trips. Maybe some GCT buses, and I'd like to get the A-line 792 to Benton sometime, although it's a works bus so I'm unsure. Where are the best places to go?
(02 Jun 2021, 10:12 pm)Storx Ah your asking the wrong person tbh for GNE. I live in Arriva land, we just have the 19 locally. Only really know North Tyneside for GNE off the back off my hand and there's not really much you can do nowadays as not much exists since it's a bit all over the place and their routes are a bit meh really.
There's plenty of GCT around nowadays though if you wanted to try them with the 335, W1/W2/W3, 333 and then the evening services; never used them though so can't really say much about them bar what others have said.
(02 Jun 2021, 10:12 pm)Storx Ah your asking the wrong person tbh for GNE. I live in Arriva land, we just have the 19 locally. Only really know North Tyneside for GNE off the back off my hand and there's not really much you can do nowadays as not much exists since it's a bit all over the place and their routes are a bit meh really.
There's plenty of GCT around nowadays though if you wanted to try them with the 335, W1/W2/W3, 333 and then the evening services; never used them though so can't really say much about them bar what others have said.
(02 Jun 2021, 11:08 pm)OrangeArrow49 So you're a fan of Arriva then? North Tyneside is quite good. Some nice places, but maybe not much to do. South Shields and Gateshead are good too. Can go bus spotting across the region...
GCT are everywhere. I need to give their 42A and 335 a go. Been on their 84A and 516 services.
What do you think about me going on the works buses, 392 and 792, would it be daft to do that?
(02 Jun 2021, 11:08 pm)OrangeArrow49 So you're a fan of Arriva then? North Tyneside is quite good. Some nice places, but maybe not much to do. South Shields and Gateshead are good too. Can go bus spotting across the region...
GCT are everywhere. I need to give their 42A and 335 a go. Been on their 84A and 516 services.
What do you think about me going on the works buses, 392 and 792, would it be daft to do that?
(03 Jun 2021, 7:40 pm)omnicity4659 We used to have the 494 works bus and people boarded it at various stages returning from the DWP, so you'll be fine using them. They're all as interesting in terms of routes.
(03 Jun 2021, 7:40 pm)omnicity4659 We used to have the 494 works bus and people boarded it at various stages returning from the DWP, so you'll be fine using them. They're all as interesting in terms of routes.
(03 Jun 2021, 8:14 pm)V514DFT Have you tried the 391?
(03 Jun 2021, 8:14 pm)V514DFT Have you tried the 391?
(03 Jun 2021, 9:24 pm)OrangeArrow49 Do you mean 392? I haven't tried any works buses, apart from when GNE had the 792 I got it a few stops to Cowgate.
(03 Jun 2021, 7:56 pm)OrangeArrow49 As they are works buses, it doesn't feel right to board them. I've wanted to ride the 792 in both directions, and I'd like to ride the 392 on the return journey. So I could board the return journeys for an interesting couple of routes? But I shouldn't get the morning 792 to Benton? How are the routes interesting? They seem like nice routes. Only because they run so late in the afternoon I haven't been on them yet, and the lack of confidence to board a works bus!
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Arriva Northumbria: 1581 | NK64 EEH by omnicity4659, on Flickr
(03 Jun 2021, 7:56 pm)OrangeArrow49 As they are works buses, it doesn't feel right to board them. I've wanted to ride the 792 in both directions, and I'd like to ride the 392 on the return journey. So I could board the return journeys for an interesting couple of routes? But I shouldn't get the morning 792 to Benton? How are the routes interesting? They seem like nice routes. Only because they run so late in the afternoon I haven't been on them yet, and the lack of confidence to board a works bus!
Arriva Northumbria: 1581 | NK64 EEH by omnicity4659, on Flickr
(04 Jun 2021, 11:23 am)omnicity4659 As long as you don't enter DWP Tyneview Park (stops aren't open to the public) then you should be fine. It's a normal bus service - just that there'll be mostly DWP/HMRC staff on there.
Here's a photo from within Tyneview Park. As Andreos has said they mostly offer a tour of the world
(04 Jun 2021, 11:23 am)omnicity4659 As long as you don't enter DWP Tyneview Park (stops aren't open to the public) then you should be fine. It's a normal bus service - just that there'll be mostly DWP/HMRC staff on there.
Here's a photo from within Tyneview Park. As Andreos has said they mostly offer a tour of the world
(31 May 2021, 10:56 pm)Storx I'm not sure what your plans are but I'd probably doThank you for this suggestion. This is remarkably imaginative, considering that you have combined my ideas from 2 different threads. My current intention though is to do Ashington & Blyth on a different day from South Shields & Jarrow.
Newcastle -> Blyth -> Ashington -> North Shields in that order. There's no direct bus between North Shields and Blyth so you'll be doing 2 buses or using the Metro.
It all connects quite nicely aswell
10:21 to Blyth (309) in at 11:26
11:42 to Ashington (Arriva 1) in at 12:19
12:30 to North Shields (19) in at 14:00
14:10 to Jarrow (319) in at 14:22
Seen you mention it in the GCT thread. Add hours on or off it's the same every hour until about 2pm.
(31 May 2021, 10:56 pm)Storx I'm not sure what your plans are but I'd probably doThank you for this suggestion. This is remarkably imaginative, considering that you have combined my ideas from 2 different threads. My current intention though is to do Ashington & Blyth on a different day from South Shields & Jarrow.
Newcastle -> Blyth -> Ashington -> North Shields in that order. There's no direct bus between North Shields and Blyth so you'll be doing 2 buses or using the Metro.
It all connects quite nicely aswell
10:21 to Blyth (309) in at 11:26
11:42 to Ashington (Arriva 1) in at 12:19
12:30 to North Shields (19) in at 14:00
14:10 to Jarrow (319) in at 14:22
Seen you mention it in the GCT thread. Add hours on or off it's the same every hour until about 2pm.
(05 Jun 2021, 7:47 pm)Metroline1511 Thank you for this suggestion. This is remarkably imaginative, considering that you have combined my ideas from 2 different threads. My current intention though is to do Ashington & Blyth on a different day from South Shields & Jarrow.
I have seen that routes 19 & 309 meet at Cobalt Park, Procter & Gamble. However, I agree with the suggestion of including the Metro, which I probably will from Northumberland Park to Whitley Bay.
(05 Jun 2021, 7:47 pm)Metroline1511 Thank you for this suggestion. This is remarkably imaginative, considering that you have combined my ideas from 2 different threads. My current intention though is to do Ashington & Blyth on a different day from South Shields & Jarrow.
I have seen that routes 19 & 309 meet at Cobalt Park, Procter & Gamble. However, I agree with the suggestion of including the Metro, which I probably will from Northumberland Park to Whitley Bay.
(06 Jun 2021, 9:44 pm)Storx No worries, yeah probably do the Metro change instead; more frequent and not sure what the connections are like at Cobalt.In the end I caught route 19 from Ashington just as far as Cramlington. I wanted to see both towns, then Blyth, and this was still a respectable journey and dropped me off at a good bus interchange. My 19 was a Solo SR but I saw some Scania Omnicities on it.
(06 Jun 2021, 9:44 pm)Storx No worries, yeah probably do the Metro change instead; more frequent and not sure what the connections are like at Cobalt.In the end I caught route 19 from Ashington just as far as Cramlington. I wanted to see both towns, then Blyth, and this was still a respectable journey and dropped me off at a good bus interchange. My 19 was a Solo SR but I saw some Scania Omnicities on it.
(13 Jun 2021, 11:36 am)Metroline1511 In the end I caught route 19 from Ashington just as far as Cramlington. I wanted to see both towns, then Blyth, and this was still a respectable journey and dropped me off at a good bus interchange. My 19 was a Solo SR but I saw some Scania Omnicities on it.434 has always been a decker apart from last week when it was a single decker. Never seen a solo on it
Route 434 had a Volvo B9TL on it. I anticipated a much smaller vehicle, more likely a Solo.
(13 Jun 2021, 11:36 am)Metroline1511 In the end I caught route 19 from Ashington just as far as Cramlington. I wanted to see both towns, then Blyth, and this was still a respectable journey and dropped me off at a good bus interchange. My 19 was a Solo SR but I saw some Scania Omnicities on it.434 has always been a decker apart from last week when it was a single decker. Never seen a solo on it
Route 434 had a Volvo B9TL on it. I anticipated a much smaller vehicle, more likely a Solo.
(13 Jun 2021, 11:36 am)Metroline1511 In the end I caught route 19 from Ashington just as far as Cramlington. I wanted to see both towns, then Blyth, and this was still a respectable journey and dropped me off at a good bus interchange. My 19 was a Solo SR but I saw some Scania Omnicities on it.
Route 434 had a Volvo B9TL on it. I anticipated a much smaller vehicle, more likely a Solo.
(13 Jun 2021, 12:53 pm)Micheal Aaron 434 has always been a decker apart from last week when it was a single decker. Never seen a solo on it
(13 Jun 2021, 11:36 am)Metroline1511 In the end I caught route 19 from Ashington just as far as Cramlington. I wanted to see both towns, then Blyth, and this was still a respectable journey and dropped me off at a good bus interchange. My 19 was a Solo SR but I saw some Scania Omnicities on it.
Route 434 had a Volvo B9TL on it. I anticipated a much smaller vehicle, more likely a Solo.
(13 Jun 2021, 12:53 pm)Micheal Aaron 434 has always been a decker apart from last week when it was a single decker. Never seen a solo on it
