(12 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote
Nothing wrong exactly with the Quaylink brand, it just seems old (it has been yellow and Quaylink branded since it was operated by Stagecoach) and irrelevant (the services go way beyond the Quayside now, unlike when the service was launched). I would keep a reference to it serving the Quayside, but give it a more general brand.
The Q3 is the slowest bus to Wallsend from Newcastle, and from Newcastle to Wallsend, but could be made express. The X45/X46/X47 are not particularly express services either really, but are going Xlines.
Why on earth would you want to make the Q3 limited stop / express between Wallsend
and the Quayside. It's not designed for people going from Wallsend to
Newcastle... There's also enough express buses between the Regent Centre
and Newcastle.
Xlines = Long distance bus routes where people are on over 30 minutes connecting places imo. If you start doing local bus routes like the Quaylink then it's defeats the point of it and you'll just end up with Xlines being the 'Standard Service' and everything that isn't Xlines being the 'Rump Services'. It's basically what Arriva has done in Northumberland with everything being Max and Sapphire bar the minibus routes and the 35.