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Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2019

Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2019

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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2019
(27 May 2019, 2:12 pm)L469 YVK wrote If service 310 was to eventually serve Hadrian Park permanently (all day) and replace the 57 North of the Tyne, would the benefits of serving Hadrian Park outweigh any potential passenger complaints of the extra 5 mins or so it would take?

I've got a really strong gut feeling that this will happen now that GNE have changed the stopping arrangements of the 56, not to mention 5x Mercs from the Blaydon Racers + 3x from the 57 (PVR dropped by 3x) that could be put to use on the 6/X31.

A driver mentioned back in January that the late evening 310's serving Hadrian Park would be a "trial" and after speaking to a passenger when I used the 22.20 310 back in April, he along presumably with other residents seem to prefer the old style service like how the 300/305 used to be. The passenger didn't have many positive words to say about the 57 but said that the 300/305 used to be spot on.

Whilst it'd be a relatively easy way of removing buses from the network, the main downside would be the removal of the 57 from the Coast Road corridor (this is competitive where many passengers aren't loyal and choose to get the first bus which arrives at their stop - so a guaranteed loss of revenue attached to this suggestion).

RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - May 2019