(13 Oct 2021, 2:46 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote Increase 8 to Every 20 Mins, With 2 8's and an 8A
8 Route to remain the same except for serving Enterprise Park Western End.
8A Re-route: Park Lane, Royal Hospital, Pallion, Spire Bridge, Casteltown, Teal Farm, Waterview Park, Barmston Slip-Road, Washington Galleries, Biddick, Harraton, Rickleton, Picktree, Chester-Le-Street, Pelton, Newfield, Grange Villa, Craghead, South Moor, Stanley.
Departs Stanley: 19 (8), 39, (8A), 59 (8)
Departs Sunderland: 52 (8), 12 (8A), 32(8)
Would provide additonal buses between CLS, Pelton, Newfield, Grange Villa & Stanley.
Would give GNE Links between Park Lane, Royal Hospital, St Lukes Cross, Pallion & Castletown.
If still not enough, make the 78 every 20 Mins and add a 78A as well.
Personally on the Western side if you wanted to increase buses to Stanley I'd change the 28/28A/28B all running through to this route - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.86820...883391!3e0
It gives a few new links such as Birtley / Ouston to Stanley, evening East Stanley to Newcastle, Stanley to Gateshead (even known slow), No Place to Newcastle, QE to Stanley. It also partially replaces the 31 and gives new links to places where people actually want to be as long as you can work with DCC and get stops on Humber Hill or do Hail and Ride.
Not sure what demand there would be but it seems more logical than it's Perkinsville ending and Pelton Fell has the 78/78A so the horseshoe route doesn't make much sense nowadays since everywhere else has the 8 to CLS which is quicker.