Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
Arriva North East: Service Suggestions
Right, I'm going to re-do my proposal:
I have decided to do some service/allocation suggestions for ANE:
2601, 2602, 2603, 2801, 2802, 2815, 2816 and 2821 would be freed up from lost contracts.
2871 would gain WiFi for the 6 and 2870 would stay NEXUS for evening 18/18As. Two corporate solos would run the evening and Sunday 32/32A.
Service 55 would be edited to run half hourly but would run a revised route:
The current route to Four Lane Ends then it would follow the 353 to Forest Hall, then the 53 to Benton ASDA where it would then go through Holystone to Northumberland Park, where it would then go up Emmerson Place and Earsdon Road to Earsdon where it would follow the Arriva 57 to Whitley Bay where it would terminate taking just under 45 minutes therefore a PVR of three pulsars (two pulsar boards on the 43/44/45 would be run by two 1402 and 1403 which would transfer from Blyth due to the being surplus and one board would be run by a spare gemini.)
1764, 1774, 1775 and 2806 are thus freed up.
NEW FREQUENTA 56 would run from Forest Hall Meadway-Hollywood Avenue every 10 minutes (every 30 minutes Evenings and Sundays) which would run the following route:
Current 55 route Meadway-The top of Osborne Road where it would run through Jesmond down Osborne Road to St Mary's Place where it would pull into the Haymarket, it would then follow the Great North Road to Regent Centre where it would turn down Hollywood Avenue to terminate at the turning circle taking 48 minutes but waiting 2 minutes in the Haymarket Bus Station and four minutes in Four Lane Ends in both directions, therefore a six minute layover at Hollywood Avenue. The PVR would be made up of (all would be branded):
2801
2802
2806
2815
2816
2821
2824
2826 (1764 would transfer over to Stockton)
2831
2834
2837
2848
1761, 1774, 1775 and 2870 would be the allocation of the 51 allowing a full route 30 minute frequency. The 51 and 55 would depart the Haymarket in the following way:
00 and 30 past the hour 51
15 and 45 past the hour 55.
They would both be hourly on Sundays full route with 1774 and 1775 running on the 32/32A.
New MAX X17 service would run with a PVR of 6 (1481-1483 and 2601-2603) which would be MAXED running between Haymarket and Morpeth Lancaster Park. It would be express Newcastle-Ponteland only calling at Cowgate KFC, Kenton Bar Roundabout and Newcastle Airport then it would follow the OLD HOWARD SNAITH 79 route Ponteland-Morpeth via Ogle, Whalton, Tranwell Woods and Mitford following this route: This would also free up 1761 due to the loss of the 33.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Haymar...172188!3e0
18 Eco Green streetlites would come for Jesmond for services 52/53/54 allowing all of these services to be every 20 minutes and allowing 4516-4520 to be withdrawn. 4521 and 4522 would transfer to Blyth to be spares replacing 1402 and 1403. 4523 would stay on replacing 1419 allowing it to be MAXED with a half-hourly Newcastle-Kirkhill frequency including a PVR rise of one. 1480-1483 would be MAXED for the X17 with three journeys per hour terminating at Ponteland Thornhill Road taking 26 minutes and the one journey 1480 would be a MAX spare for the X16/X17. One journey per hour would continue to Lancaster Park. 2809 which is a spare at Ashington would transfer as a MAX spare in case 2601-2603 are VOR.
