(02 Jan 2020, 6:09 pm)L469 YVK wrote Suggestions for night buses Fri & Sat:
- N20 (PVR 2) Durham to Sunderland
- N21 (PVR 3) extended to Bishop Auckland
- N30 (PVR 1) Newcastle to Stanley, departures from Newcastle at 0100 and 0230
- N45 (PVR 2) Newcastle to Consett via Blackhall Mill, departures from Newcastle at 0025, 0140 and 0255
- N10 (PVR 2) Newcastle to Hexham via Scotswood Rd, departures from Newcastle at 0005, 0120, 0235
Apart from the N20 which didn't work in the past is the return journeys. You may have 20 people going from Newcastle to Stanley but the return journey will be dead throughout. It's the reason night buses don't work up here. You also have the problem that it won't pick anyone up through the journey. The N21 is different as it has a flow from Durham to Newcastle and Newcastle to Durham with both Low Fell and Chester Le Street on the route where people go out. It's the same with the N56 which has both from Sunderland and Newcastle then Concord in the middle.
Once you split it all down you end up having 10 passengers per a bus and it's not enough to make them work.