(27 Aug 2013, 6:05 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote Obviously these wouldn't just be for the sake of the redevelopment in Washington, but they provide a number of Brand New Links which currently Washington doesn't have and could be of benefit to passengers. Take the 311/312 for example, Passengers who currently live in Washington, but work at the Cobalt will either go straight into Newcastle on the X1 and get on the 309/310 or they'll get Metro and change at Monument or they'll go to Jarrow and get the 9. Which I worked out is Longer in time, than getting on my 311/312 suggestion.

It's the same with the examples for the 10's and X32/3 and X72/3, Say I wanted to go to Hexham or Lanchester for Example, I would have to go to Either Gateshead or Newcastle to Catch the Bus I wanted to get from A to B. Whereas you could Insert the Link for Passengers.

I think Washington is one of those Areas that are Isolated from Certain Areas, and in which the Passenger has to make more than one journey on a Bus to get to where they want to go, and on top of that pay more money. If it was made into a HUB like Sunderland/Newcastle and Gateshead I think it would benefit from it.

(27 Aug 2013, 5:54 pm)gtomlinson wrote I do love 'Malarkey's Marathons'. There's international flights with a shorter journey than some of Adam's suggestions (-:

(27 Aug 2013, 6:21 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote Good Job I don't work for Arriva then because there good at that sort of thing, Loving the Sarcasm by the way gtomlinson.

(27 Aug 2013, 5:25 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote New Route Ideas For Washington Area

As most will know, Washington is undergoing Major Area Redevelopment which Includes a New Leisure and Cinema, so to Accommodate these improvements to help bring people in from Surrounding Areas, I have came up with Numerous New Services, Some of which are from previous posts made a few months back.

22 – Washington Galleries – Oxclose – Blackfell – Eighton Banks – Wrekenton -
Harlow Green – Birtley – Chester le Street – Plasworth – Framwellgate Moor – Durham – Every 30 Minutes

22A - Washington Galleries – Oxclose – Blackfell – Eighton Banks – Wrekenton -
Harlow Green – Birtley – Chester le Street – Plasworth – Framwellgate Moor – Durham - Croxdale – Spennymoor – Bishop Auckland – Every 1 Hour

311 – Washington – Heworth - Jarrow - Tyne Tunnel - Percy Main - Royal Quays - North Shields – Meadow Well - West Chirton – Cobalt – Every 1 Hour

312 - Washington – Heworth - Jarrow - Tyne Tunnel - Percy Main - Royal Quays - North Shields – Meadow Well - West Chirton – Cobalt – North Tyneside Hospital – Whitley Bay – Seaton Sleuce – Blyth – Every 1 Hour

X8 - Washington Galleries - Houghton le Spring - Doxford International - Peterlee - Middlesbrough - Hartlepool - Every 1 Hour

X32/X33 – Washington Galleries – Chester le Street – Stanley – Consett – Burnhope – Lanchester – Every 30 Minutes

X72/X73 - Consett - Leadgate - Dipton - Burnopfield - Sunniside - Lobley Hill – Team Valley – Washington Galleries – Every 30 Minutes

10B/10C – Hexham - Corbridge - Stocksfield - Prudhoe - Rockwood Hill (10C) - Greenside (10C) - Crawcrook - Ryton - Blaydon - Metrocentre – Birtley – Washington Galleries – Every 30 Minutes

48 - Winlaton - Blaydon - Swalwell - Metrocentre - Dunston - Gateshead – Shipcote – Low Fell – Allerdene – Harlow Green – Wrekenton – Springwell Village – Blackfell – Oxclose – Washington Galleries – Every 30 Minutes

203 - Peterlee - Essington Way - Easington Village - South Hetton - Easington Lane - Hetton le Hole - Hall Lane Estate - Houghton le Spring - Burnside Estate - Newbottle - Success - Shiney Row - Barnwell - Fatfield - Glebe - Washington Galleries - Every 1 Hour

(27 Aug 2013, 7:29 pm)cbma06 wrote Adam, do you live in the Washington area? also what has Washington got that Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland etc... doesn't have. Washington has a lot of bus services with higher frequencies than other deprived areas and there are a lot of connecting bus services for onward travel to different areas.

(27 Aug 2013, 8:12 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote We had numerous Xpress Services Connecting all these Areas, now we have only 1 Xpress Service in the form of the X1. Maybe it's time to reinstate those lost links and add in some new ones aswell.

(27 Aug 2013, 8:15 pm)big mac wrote Re-instate the X2?

(27 Aug 2013, 8:39 pm)Andreos1 wrote Don't forget the X94, can't have Fencehouses missing out!

(27 Aug 2013, 8:50 pm)Andreos1 wrote Good lad, you know it makes sense.

The people of Fencehouses will rejoyce!

(27 Aug 2013, 9:02 pm)Andreos1 wrote Your possibly too young - but the Fencehouses Popular Front were going to give you the title of Citizen Malarkey for re-introducing the service.

If it's just going to be on a trial basis well....

(27 Aug 2013, 9:19 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote I am 20 Years Old, I remember all the old routes such as X2/X4/X5/X6/X8/X90/X94/194/294/185 and X85, I could go on and on, As far Fencehouses goes they can have the X94 back, Trial period was only a joke haha.

(27 Aug 2013, 10:05 pm)fozzovmurton wrote I want my X93 back, I miss my direct link to Washington, The Toon and Metrocentre

(28 Aug 2013, 8:59 am)fozzovmurton wrote Murton would have closed about 1988...

I only remember this because as a kid about 4 or 5 yrs old, I went missing from home and I was caught wandering round the yard at Murton Depot and just before my 6th birthday I wrote to Go Ahead Northern telling them I liked buses and so on, and actually on my birthday an Inspector came to my house to give me some pictures and a couple of model buses, I distinctly this guy telling me he was from Murton Depot,I turned 6 in '88, so it was probably that same year it closed

(29 Aug 2013, 6:24 pm)CatsFast101 wrote And I think this is a fantasy thread but out of the world suggestions are going to far. Suggesting that Seaham should have a direct link to North Shields and Consett aren't really going to happen or that Washington should have a direct link to Middlesbrough and Darlington. Think who's going to go on these services? Does anyone really want to travel that far by bus? Do people miss not having such service? I'm not suggesting that everyone's going to agree that every suggestion is good one but there are so many totally out of this world suggestions that are just laughable.

(29 Aug 2013, 6:53 pm)Daniel wrote I'm surprised we haven't seen a service suggestion for a direct service from Fencehouses to Darlington or Fencehouses to Morpeth yet!

(29 Aug 2013, 7:12 pm)Andreos1 wrote Due to the increase in housing in the Fencehouses area, I am currently identifying where an appropriate bus nterchange could be constructed, to tie in with the direct Eurostar trains from Fencehouses to London, Paris, Brussels and Lyon as well as the Metro to places such as South Hylton, Pelaw and Kenton Bank Foot.

As it stands, it would mean knocking down Pizza Dial and Nisa as well as the Total garage (which does a roaring trade in red diesel).
If those three premises were knocked down during construction, it may not go down too well with the locals.

Hang tight and I will see what I can come up with.