27 Jan 2016, 6:07 pm
#405
(27 Jan 2016, 6:00 pm)Michael That's surprising, what a pointless route - Docks to Park Lane.
Will Stagecoach continue to run it themselves during the day- like the Gilley Law to City Centre?
If not people loosing loads of links here, i can see a lot of unhappy people!
I wouldn't have thought that Stagecoach would take that section of the 5/5A services on commercially, but I could be wrong... I can only assume that Nexus is cost-cutting based on current demand of the 5/5A services?
Regarding lost links, there are quite a few alternative services which offer quicker journey times to the City Centre from locations served by the 5/5A services:
Gilley Law to City Centre - Stagecoach Service 13
Thorney Close to City Centre - Stagecoach Service 23
Springwell to City Centre - Stagecoach Service 16
Royal Hospital to City Centre - Stagecoach Service 16
The main lost link is between High Barnes and the City Centre - passengers here will be left with no alternative bus services, and will be forced to walk to Chester Road (several Go North East services and Stagecoach service 16), or Barnes Park Road (Go North East services 35/36).
Of course, there are lost links between the likes of Gilley Law and Springwell, for example, but I'm not sure how many people use the service for this purpose? During the day, the bus is planned to layover in Park Lane Interchange for 33 minutes, and each trip is only 3.40 miles in length (compared to the evening/Sunday variation which is 11.81 miles).
