(02 Jan 2014, 11:59 am)andreos1 wrote Not sure why they have left it until now to stop the 265 going into High Grange.
The roadworks/one way system at Belmont was what was causing the problems with it.
It always seemed popular with people working in the industrial estate too.
The x3 seems a strange one.
Can't work out a reduction in the pvr by stopping it at Monkwearmouth, but depending on the route it takes (possibly heading into Roker, Glass Centre, University area), it may attract people from the area off the Metro.
Saying that, the section around Boldon was one of the few parts of the previous route, not served by the Metro.
I have to say, GNE seem to love skirting around the edges of the North Sunderland estates.
Pretty sure the majority of people live within the estates and given the choice of walking to the end of the street and waiting for a SNE bus or onto the main road for a GNE one, I know which bus I would choose.
Hopefully these changes will work.
I have heard a few moans about the 265 going round High Grange, simply put if it could go that way, then why not Cornwall Est in Murton...Plus it added a few minutes on a journey which it's vehicles used struggled on i.e. Not very good at climbing banks
(02 Jan 2014, 11:33 am)cbma06 wrote Ive already mentioned to GNE about extending at least 1 or 2 60's per hour from Seaham along X7 route to Peterlee then onwards to Hartlepool, or run a X7 and X8 on a jointly 30 minute service between Sunderland and Peterlee then the X8 goes down to Hartlepool via Blackhall, and see what patronage it gets for the first 6 months trial.
I have suggested in service suggestions for a new WTX sort of service, except going to Dalton Park
(02 Jan 2014, 4:43 pm)CatsFast101 wrote East Durham changes are a hitty missy. The 208 changes are quite good I do like the idea and provides connections to Easington Colliery. 209/210 are a total rewind to last year, 265 changes are good, faster journey is needed. I hope the 204 works out as they seem to chop and changing the Belmont/Pittington as much as North Sunderland!
The 208 idea extending to Durham is a good idea for Easington, it opens the link once abandoned by Arriva on the old 240/24...
I thought they might have re-introduced Cornwall Estate on the 265, as the bus stops round there say 'Services don't serve at present' which had led me to believe that there may have been plans to put services back round the Estate, it was never the more lucrative stops, but plenty old people used it to goto Hetton and Durham...
I am also unsurprised at the 238 modification reopening a link when the 202 was changed last year and unsurprised at the 202 going round Crawford Avenue, it's traditional route for donkeys years on the 152