Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
(17 Jan 2016, 10:43 pm)tyresmoke The times would all have to be changed anyway so that wouldn't be a massive issue.
A better way to do it would probably be to have the 5 run every 10 mins to Guisborough with the two extra services running to Lingdale. That would bolster the 5 from Guisborough in towards Middlesbrough whilst providing a better quality, and faster, service from Lingdale and Boosbeck into Middlesbrough. They could then run directly down to Skelton, down to Asda via North Skelton then back via Hollybush (as per today's 5A) before running off to Saltburn, Redcar and Middlesbrough as per the X3 now.
The Lingdale 28 would be cut back to finish at Nunthorpe, although I would prefer the 29 to Stokesley to run every half hour via Longlands as an express (limited stop) up Marton Road, with a 15 or 20 min 28B (as current) to serve all the estates as a stopping service to Nunthorpe. That would need the new shortened 81 to do the estates in Guisborough, which would probably provide a better town service than they do between the 28 and 81 now.
I'd probably take the opportunity to run the 5A via North Skelton and send the long 5 via Asda, giving an Asda bus to people in Loftus - which seems to be a popular connection off the current 5A, and I wonder how much more popular it would be with a direct link.
Obviously, I don't know what the resource cost of all this would be, compared to today's network. This could be a problem without looking further into it.
(17 Jan 2016, 10:43 pm)tyresmoke The times would all have to be changed anyway so that wouldn't be a massive issue.
A better way to do it would probably be to have the 5 run every 10 mins to Guisborough with the two extra services running to Lingdale. That would bolster the 5 from Guisborough in towards Middlesbrough whilst providing a better quality, and faster, service from Lingdale and Boosbeck into Middlesbrough. They could then run directly down to Skelton, down to Asda via North Skelton then back via Hollybush (as per today's 5A) before running off to Saltburn, Redcar and Middlesbrough as per the X3 now.
The Lingdale 28 would be cut back to finish at Nunthorpe, although I would prefer the 29 to Stokesley to run every half hour via Longlands as an express (limited stop) up Marton Road, with a 15 or 20 min 28B (as current) to serve all the estates as a stopping service to Nunthorpe. That would need the new shortened 81 to do the estates in Guisborough, which would probably provide a better town service than they do between the 28 and 81 now.
I'd probably take the opportunity to run the 5A via North Skelton and send the long 5 via Asda, giving an Asda bus to people in Loftus - which seems to be a popular connection off the current 5A, and I wonder how much more popular it would be with a direct link.
Obviously, I don't know what the resource cost of all this would be, compared to today's network. This could be a problem without looking further into it.
