(30 May 2020, 7:26 pm)michaelb wrote Service changes
Service 4- Extended to Metrocentre along 58 route to Gateshead and then X66 route to Metrocentre. Run by Riverside & Washington depots. Will run every 12 minutes.
Service 11- Merge with service Q3 and will run every 20 minutes. Will now start on Whitley Bay Seafront. Run by Riverside & Percy Main depots.
Allocation
Service 4 (PVR 18)- 5283-5284, 5293-5297 & 5358-5368.
Service 11 (PVR 13)- 5381-5385, 5387-5388 & 8310-8315.
Vehicle movements
691-694 to Riverside to operate services M6/M7/M8
5238 to Riverside
5367-5368 to Riverside for Connections4
5377-5380 to be repainted into corporate liverey. 5380 will transfer to Percy Main
5381-5385 & 5387-5388 to Percy Main for service 11.
5391-5394 & 5452 to be repainted for Citylink service 57
5486 to Washington
The 11 doesn't need to be every 20 minutes. With the Q3 I'd personally extend it to do the 41 loop to Battle Hill and keep it every 15 minutes.
Then extend the 42/42A to do the Howdon loop part of the 41.
The 41 in it's current form is a bit of a waste of time, without many people travelling throughout. It also makes the 42/42A have a bit of a point why it's branded Little Coasters since currently it doesn't serve the sea nor duplicates the Coaster at all.
Even known it's the newest brand by god is it an awful one and doesn't make sense especially now the 19 is part of it aswell where it's the only bus route in most of the places it serves that doesn't go to the coast. The branding doesn't even look good neither imo and also has the tagline, 'Frequent services in and around North Tyneside early until late 7 days a week' which isn't true since they don't run on evenings or Sundays as Little Coasters.