(30 May 2021, 5:56 pm)Malarkey wrote  whereas other services are more slack like the 309 where drivers seems to get a good few minutes at certain stops along the route from observations made on route to work at the Cobalt especially on a Sunday Service iirc they get approx 5/6 minutes wait time along the route between Newcastle and Cobalt which for a short journey is quite a lot in my opinion.

When the suns out though or a match is on, the Sunday 309 journeys are known to run 10-15 mins late. 

At the monent, the 309 is standalone with a PVR of 7x but when normality finally returns, they'll no doubt need to go back to either the 310-311-309-310 interworking pattern or 309-311-309 with the 310 standalone.

Demand will no doubt increase if Arriva also follow suit with the 306 & 308 cutting them both to every 20 minutes and for that to happen and keep the 306 reliable (based on interworking with the 308), it would need to be withdrawn from Battle Hill.