(17 Jul 2020, 12:52 pm)Big O wrote I know I'm not too well established but why isn't there a service that skims Town instead of going right through to get to the other side? Maybe something like a Qurom-express starting at maybe Throckley Leazes and then stopping at only the following, West Denton shops, Slatyford Bus Garage, Cowgate Estate, A1058 Coast Road straight through to Quorum and or Killingworth. Skimming Town but still having the ability to pick up a decent load from the communities near the stops it does serve as well as being faster than the Stagecoach alternatives. Its really only aimed at workers and some scholars so, wouldn't need to run all day and can run one way in the morning and the other in the evening.
Would be a good way to encroach on Stagecoach territory but without shadowing their services.
I think that would probably tie in with what James101 has just said in another thread. The hub and spoke model has its flaws and as people adapt to different working practices, away from city centres etc., services may need to adapt to routes like this.