Fleet Changes
Fleet Changes
(12 Sep 2022, 5:03 pm)Unber43 Really you could put the X1 back to every 12 mins, send 1 of them to Washington repaint, send 3x to Consett for the X45/X71/2 Spares because you could have the X45 run every 20 mins, and one of them just does X45 with 10 min layover either end or something.
Then the other 4 with 6331 could be sent on this every 30 mins X56 - Newcastle - Gateshead - Heworth - Follingsby - Concord - A690 - Sunderland with a possibly extension to Ryhope and Seaham hourly.
The 20 has been rammed lately when I've been passing it
(12 Sep 2022, 5:03 pm)Unber43 Really you could put the X1 back to every 12 mins, send 1 of them to Washington repaint, send 3x to Consett for the X45/X71/2 Spares because you could have the X45 run every 20 mins, and one of them just does X45 with 10 min layover either end or something.
Then the other 4 with 6331 could be sent on this every 30 mins X56 - Newcastle - Gateshead - Heworth - Follingsby - Concord - A690 - Sunderland with a possibly extension to Ryhope and Seaham hourly.
The 20 has been rammed lately when I've been passing it
(12 Sep 2022, 5:27 pm)cbma06 You could run the 56 3 per hour instead of 4 per hour, and have the 4th as the x56 per hour, doesn’t need extension to ryhope and Seaham, passengers can change at park lane, the extension will only add delays to the northern section plus drivers which gne don’t have enough.
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(12 Sep 2022, 5:27 pm)cbma06 You could run the 56 3 per hour instead of 4 per hour, and have the 4th as the x56 per hour, doesn’t need extension to ryhope and Seaham, passengers can change at park lane, the extension will only add delays to the northern section plus drivers which gne don’t have enough.
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(12 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)Storx Why would you want to do that Sheriff Hill is the busiest part of the route and your taking more buses away from the area.Really the X36 was a failure because of the location it was in, clearly there is demand with the X24 and that misses out basically everything apart from Sunderland, Royal Hospital and Newcastle.
There's no demand for a North Sunderland to Newcastle express service hence there's been more variations of X36's etc that have all failed.
and anyone bar people on this forum travelling from Gateshead, Newcastle etc going to Sunderland would use the Metro.
If you want an express Concord services you'd be better at looking at doing something with the 4 and X1 and splitting it up to service more areas similar to the X8, X9, X10 and X11 in Cramlington and get shot of the Washington local services in the process.
(12 Sep 2022, 5:35 pm)Storx Why would you want to do that Sheriff Hill is the busiest part of the route and your taking more buses away from the area.Really the X36 was a failure because of the location it was in, clearly there is demand with the X24 and that misses out basically everything apart from Sunderland, Royal Hospital and Newcastle.
There's no demand for a North Sunderland to Newcastle express service hence there's been more variations of X36's etc that have all failed.
and anyone bar people on this forum travelling from Gateshead, Newcastle etc going to Sunderland would use the Metro.
If you want an express Concord services you'd be better at looking at doing something with the 4 and X1 and splitting it up to service more areas similar to the X8, X9, X10 and X11 in Cramlington and get shot of the Washington local services in the process.
(12 Sep 2022, 5:42 pm)Unber43 Really the X36 was a failure because of the location it was in, clearly there is demand with the X24 and that misses out basically everything apart from Sunderland, Royal Hospital and Newcastle.
I think an X56 would work but I feel like starting it in sunderland would bad, as no one really wants to connect, if you start it at Ryhope or Seaham you've got customers who hate changing buses.
With the current state of the metro I would prefer the 1 hour, 20 mins on the 56 than 40 mins on the metro.
(12 Sep 2022, 5:42 pm)Unber43 Really the X36 was a failure because of the location it was in, clearly there is demand with the X24 and that misses out basically everything apart from Sunderland, Royal Hospital and Newcastle.
I think an X56 would work but I feel like starting it in sunderland would bad, as no one really wants to connect, if you start it at Ryhope or Seaham you've got customers who hate changing buses.
With the current state of the metro I would prefer the 1 hour, 20 mins on the 56 than 40 mins on the metro.
(12 Sep 2022, 6:46 pm)Storx I don't want to drag this into a suggestions thread but if you really want an express Newcastle services to Concord you'd be better extending the 4 as a replacement for the X56 and if you want a real Sunderland service, meddling around the Washington X1 into multiple services, not going to suggest them all but one of them could be the X1 as far as Washington then the 39B from there to Sunderland.Ages ago I suggested I think it was X1-X5 going through different areas of Washington.
You'd create links from Doxford Park and Gateshead/Newcastle in the process.
The 56 should be split into 3 services like this I suggested awhile back imo:
R1 - 56 (every 30 mins)
R2 - 56 (every 30 mins) Sunderland to Concord, 84/85 loop clockwise as far as Washington
R3 - 56 (every 30 mins) Newcastle to Concord, 84/85 loop anticlockwise as far as Washington
Washington needs work though imo, local services just don't work and it's the only place hanging onto them. What it doesn't need is more express services bypassing the place.
(12 Sep 2022, 6:46 pm)Storx I don't want to drag this into a suggestions thread but if you really want an express Newcastle services to Concord you'd be better extending the 4 as a replacement for the X56 and if you want a real Sunderland service, meddling around the Washington X1 into multiple services, not going to suggest them all but one of them could be the X1 as far as Washington then the 39B from there to Sunderland.Ages ago I suggested I think it was X1-X5 going through different areas of Washington.
You'd create links from Doxford Park and Gateshead/Newcastle in the process.
The 56 should be split into 3 services like this I suggested awhile back imo:
R1 - 56 (every 30 mins)
R2 - 56 (every 30 mins) Sunderland to Concord, 84/85 loop clockwise as far as Washington
R3 - 56 (every 30 mins) Newcastle to Concord, 84/85 loop anticlockwise as far as Washington
Washington needs work though imo, local services just don't work and it's the only place hanging onto them. What it doesn't need is more express services bypassing the place.
(14 Sep 2022, 10:01 am)morritt89 Coming out of retirement are the Graphite Solos back at Deptford
