(10 Jan 2014, 8:20 pm)andreos1 wrote Im sure there was, but there's nowt as queer as folk who say one thing and do another.
To rely on their say so and not have a back up plan in wondering what passengers a few mile down the road want, the fact Tesco on Tyne was about to open or not having it pick up at the same points in Newcastle as the 27 is a funny one too.
By the time Betty and Fred have got off the 27x, had a wander around the town, popped into the Grainger Market for their Sunday Chicken, his knee will have gone and her bad ankles will be playing up.
They will cross over the road and get the 27, before changing onto an 88 or something after a cup of tea in Morrisons.
Angela will have just finished a 12 hour shift at the hospital and is running late for the kids, rather than run the risk of missing the 27x, she nips down for a 27, knowing there will be one soon.
If it is being funded, surely the aim is to make it work, get rid of the shackles of Nexus and make it a commercial success?
An interesting point that as the consultation exercise pretty much followed what would happen under a QCS - so the people have said what they wanted and there's enough money for 1 bus & they want an hourly bus service. They had the option of less frequent and serving more places, but this is what they chose, but there where other plans. Doing anything different will add a lot more cost in - would you take the risk with more public money and still probably not generate that much more trade ?
The Tesco at Gateshead isn't exactly very busy at the best of times, so not convinced that would generate much more trade for the 27X.
It would have been great if it had worked and carried enough people, but it suggests the usage from that part of Hebburn unfortunately was low which is why the 27a came off.