22 Oct 2023, 11:49 pm
#910
(22 Oct 2023, 11:22 pm)Unber43 So you would leave the rest the same?
Personally I would rename the 22 to the 2. And there is no need to send the 1 to Winlaton, just keep the 12 the way it is.
But do Fawdon/Kenton/Red House really need a link to Heworth?
Yeah nothing really wrong with them. You could potentially extend the X47 to the Great Park and play around with the 74/X77/X78/X79 so they're combined somehow but I don't know those routes at all.
It's more about removing the duplicate areas with the 22/23/23A changes though. The 1 and 12 both duplicate the 22 and are both less frequent so just makes sense to merge them together and have 1 route for the corridor. It means travelling from Howdon through to Newcastle Business Park get a 7.5 minute service instead of the 15 minute and 10 minute jumping on top of each other and it's a busy corridor. The 12 should really be more than 2 BPH aswell but it won't pick anyone up between Newcastle and Scotswood Bridge as it's less frequent so being part of the 22/23 corridor will help that aswell. The route is a right mess in Winlaton atm.
For Heworth doubt many will want to go right through, but it's more about the links inbetween Gateshead to Gosforth for example. It's also less buses blocking space in Newcastle with the 57/58 if they terminate outside the centre especially if they decide to close Blackett Street at some point. (Same reason for merging the 55/97 and 27/36). If you could find some stand space in Eldon Square for the 56 and terminate that there, if I'm right there wouldn't be any buses terminating on street at that point.
Edit:
Infact there is one change I would make
X5 (Every 30 Minutes): Newcastle - Quorum - West Moor - Killingworth Loop
X6 (Every 30 Minutes): Newcastle - Quorum - West Moor - Killingworth - Backworth - Northumberland Park - Shiremoor - Whitley Bay
X7 (ANE): No Changes
X8 (ANE): No Changes
X63: Withdrawn
354: Withdrawn
359: Withdrawn (something else serve Murton)
X5/X6/X7/X8: Every 7.5 Minutes, Newcastle to Quorum / BT Call Centre.
