(16 Dec 2021, 3:50 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Are Stagecoach North East going to be cutting back any services?
Suggestions for Newcastle and North Tyneside:
8 run along Springfield Road instead of Blakelaw Road in Blakelaw, with the Phoenix 808 running along Ponteland Road instead. Peter Hogg 131 diverted off Ponteland Road onto Springfield Road as it serves Central Station the same as the 8.
12 and 22 swap routes in Byker, run Wallsend 12 as 13 and extend it Fenham - West Denton
18 withdrawn. New GNE service perhaps, with some changes.
Scrap 32/32A and run 84/84A instead West Denton - Slatyford - Fenham - Newcastle - Benwell - Cowgate - Kenton.
62/63 curtailed in the city centre, with X62/X63 running South Gosforth - Killingworth. 62/63 Chapel House and North Walbottle to City Centre. Killingworth has too many buses!
74 taken on to compliment the 71/72 and 685.
Any ideas?
Silly suggestion with the 62/63, it's one of Stagecoach's flagship routes, if not the flagship route after the 39/40.
One thing I would suggest is doing:
62 - Every 20 Minutes
63 - Every 20 Minutes
64 - Every 20 Minutes, Quorum - direct to Four Lane Ends - Newcastle - 36 bus route - 30/31 Route to Whickham View
30 - Current Route
31 - Terminate at Whickham View
This would provide direct links to the RVI from more areas, a quick bus to Quorum which could replace the 555 and increase the number of buses through the core section to 9 buses an hour but reduce the buses in the quieter sections down to 6 buses an hour which is more than enough especially around Killingworth.