(11 Mar 2023, 10:50 am)Storx wrote Stagecoach or Arriva aren't going to agree this. Why would / should they give up their frequency / more popular corridor via Linskill to the 1 which is subsidised in the evening.

I know you like GNE but Stagecoach aren't going to bail out their crap operations in North Tyneside.

Not to mention you've just cut Throckley to Newcastle from 6 buses an hour to 4 buses an hour for no reason at all.

(11 Mar 2023, 11:10 am)Michael wrote How many threads and posts do we need about the Coast Road and that area, its becoming very repetitive......

(11 Mar 2023, 11:10 am)Michael wrote How many threads and posts do we need about the Coast Road and that area, its becoming very repetitive......

(11 Mar 2023, 11:05 am)L469 YVK wrote Well the 306 via Tynemouth Road, Manor Road and the Broadway to Newcastle would actually improve the Marden to Newcastle service provision with a slightly more direct route.

And is Linskill Terrace really a popular corridor or.....Billy Mill to Tynemouth for that matter considering the 2345 306 ex Newcastle is about to be withdrawn? If it was, the 309 would be down to depart at 2330 or 2335 with the 306 remaining at 2345 or 2350. I travelled to Linskill Terrace on the 2042 service ex Newcastle back in Oct 2021, and was the only passenger on by the time it got there.

I know Stagecoach aren't there to bail out GNE's crap operations, but the same could be said for the Coast Road and Arriva bailing GNE out. Not forgetting that High Howdon to Wallsend and Newcastle was originally GNE territory before the 22 was extended and also the 80/42/42A to Cobalt. 

As for Throckley, they also have the X82, 684 and 685.

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(26 Apr 2023, 7:23 pm)L469 YVK wrote Had a little think about this and something slightly different to usual. Yes......it does include my infamous idea for Hadrian Park & Wiltshire Drive.......but also some wider benefits that actually tie in and not just a knee jerk reaction to get rid of the 51.

Stagecoach
22:
* Every 10 minutes from Throckley to Churchill Street.
* Then every 20 minutes to Cobalt & Silverlink, or Hadrian Park.
* Evening journeys split hourly to Cobalt & Silverlink or Hadrian Park.
* Sunday daytime journeys extend from Hadrian Park to Silverlink.

37:
* Every 30 minutes.
* Same route as 38 from Whickham View to Freeman Hospital.
* Continues to Northumberland Park Interchange via Benton Park Road, Whitley Road, East Benton Rise, Benton ASDA, Holystone, Holystone Park and West Allotment.

38:
* Short journey every 30 minutes Whickham View to Freeman Hospital.
* Full journey every 30 minutes Whickham View to Freeman Hospital, then continutes via Freeman Road to Haddricks Mill before following current 55 route to Forest Hall and Meadway loop.


Arriva
51:
* Hourly
* Same route as now between Whitley Bay and A191 New York Road, then via B1322 following current 54 route to Newcastle.

53:
* Every 30 minutes.
* Same route as now between Cramlington and New York.
* Then via North Tyneside Hospital (including roundabout), Barnstaple Road, Devon Road, Whitehouse Lane then currrent 53 route to North Shields.

54:
* Withdrawn.

55:
* Withdrawn.

57/57A:
* Up to every 30 minutes.
* Extended to North Shields during the day.
* Route from Billy Mill Lane via Whitehouse Farm, Alwinton Avenue then as per current 335 route.
* Also operates via Murton Village & New York (anti-clockwise to N/Shields / clockwise to Whitley Bay) during the day.

306:
* Omits Battle Hill Drive and terminates in Whitley Bay Town Centre.


Go North East
307:
* Operates via Wiltshire Drive instead of Hadrian Park.


Nexus/GCT
335:
* Killingworth to Cobalt only >> would there be a need for this service with most links covered by alternative routes?