(21 Jul 2021, 10:35 pm)GNE6312 wrote First suggestion:
X30 made to run every 30 minutes all day including the Bebside extension, this will also be numbered to X12 to be in line with the other Blyth to Newcastle expresses so it goes X7-X12
To try ease delays on the expresses I'm proposing an additional 2 routes out of Newcastle for the expresses which will see a split.
Services X9: Stick to current route
X10, X20, X21, X18, X14 : Rerouted between Newcastle & the first stop after the A19 via the following route: via St Thomas Street, Queen Victoria Road, Claremont Road, A167, A167 (Ponteland RD) & Exit the A1 on junction 77 then via the A1 to the normal route it will operate via the same route in both directions
Buses will serve all stops on the new route (however will not serve moorhead towards Newcastle)
X11, X15, X22, X12 (X30) : Rerouted via: via St Thomas Street, Queen Victoria Road, Claremont Road, A167, Stamfordham Road then access the A1 from junction 76 then normal route from the A1
Buses will operate this route in both directions
Buses will serve all stops on the new route (however will not serve moorhead towards Newcastle)
The point of the expresses running through Gosforth is for a connection at the Regent Centre, if you don't want to serve anything you'd be better running the Blyth expresses via the X7/X8 route into Newcastle as it's the shortest route and you'd get stuck at Cowgate and on the A1 which are both bad at rush hour and no worse than the X7/X8 bottlenecks.