(14 Jun 2016, 9:22 am)Michael wrote Just checked the Crawcrook, Greenside & Clara Vale news Facebook page and an update on all the posts about the above changes:
It appears that the information provided by Nexus may indeed have been misleading.
There will continue to be direct peak time buses between Crawcrook, Ryton, Newcastle Business Park and Newcastle. These are currently numbered 11A, but will be renumbered 10X, running twice a day in each direction.
Unfortunately, the number of passengers using existing service 11 from Greenside to reach Newcastle Business Park has been very disappointing, at around just two per day. People from Greenside will still be able to reach Scotswood Road by changing to the frequent service 12 (or the 10X) at Blaydon.
While it is unfortunate that the direct link from Greenside will be broken, I'm sure that you will all agree that the very low usage makes it very difficult to justify continuing to provide it, particularly when a frequent alternative will be in place.
Although i think some of us had an idea the 10X would replace the 11A, i thought i would share it anyway....
To be fair don't see the problem in people having to change over at Blaydon onto the 12 as they run every 15 minutes, and a TEN saver is valid on the 12 anyway!
Also, just realised the Q3 is changing on the 31st, but the rest are 24th? Strange.