Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
My idea now for the September proposed service changes:
43: As intended by Arriva. Frequency unchanged.
Current 44: Replaced by a few necessary journeys under a different service number.
New 44: Current 43 route to Wideopen / Seaton Burn Bridge Street then up to Moor Farm roundabout then following the current X21 route from Seaton Burn Services to Bedlington Front Street. Every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and 60 evenings and Sundays.
57: Revised to continue to Bedlington from Cramlington during evenings and Sundays to interwork with the new 44. No other changes.
X21: Revised to serve Hartford Road rather than Nedderton Lane to speed up journey times. Service also given an extra 2 minutes between Bedlington Station and the Red Lion to improve reliability. Frequency increased to every 30 minutes during Sunday daytime between Newcastle and Ashington. One bus per hour to Newbiggin and one per hour to North Seaton Demesne.
X22: 1 minute knocked off between Ashington Bus Station and Park Road and also between Briardene and Ashington Drive. Extra minute gained between Guide Post and Red Lion to slightly improve reliability. Frequency increased to every 30 minutes during Sundays; and all evening journeys would also continue to North Seaton Demesne.
X21 / X22: Both buses would operate a combined 10 minute frequency on 'old Crusader Terms' from Ashington Bus Station and between Bedlington and Newcastle. Therefore, the X21 / X22 combined from Ashington and between Bedlington and Newcastle would run every 9-11 minutes Monday to Saturday and every 14-16 minutes on Sunday daytimes and every 29-31 minutes during the evenings.
X21 / X22 / 35: Revised to use near enough or just pure Monday to Saturday timings on Sunday daytimes (no peak time timings though), to improve reliability on Sundays.
