(15 Feb 2022, 9:04 pm)Malarkey wrote In all fairness the 19 could easily be merged into the Arriva 57/57A providing a clockwise/anti clockwise circular service from Earsden onwards would be a massive benefits to those in this area as I do feel the Arriva Services mentioned alongside the 53/54 combined frequencies have a damaging impact on the 19 beyond Northumberland Park.

As for the Go North East you could extend Stagecoach South Shields 10/11 from North Shields through to Whitley Bay or alternatively split the 22's and them run every 20 mins to Cobalt and same to North Shields/Whitley Bay.

Furthermore in North Tyneside i'd merge Stagecoach 40 with the Go North East 40 from Wallsend to Hadrian Park.

I haven't had a look at South Tyneside but I am sure it would be more beneficial to have the 5/26 to pass over to Stagecoach South Shields in terms of operation from Go North East. 

Far to much duplication of services from what I have looked at in which makes it easy to see why some of these services are no longer viable to operate as has proven to be the case elsewhere such as Oxford who recently eliminated competition on various corridors.

Honestly, I know this isn't really the right thread but as someone living on the 57/57A. I'd ditch the 57 outright and merge the 11 and 57A together as a Cramlington - North Shields Ferry via Seghill bus route. No-one down here wants to go anywhere near Ashington and it's not much longer to catch the X7 to Blyth and change onto the 1/2 depending on where your going.

Would open loads of links to the hospitals and reopen the connection to North Tyneside hospital and open cross town links to Monkseaton to Morrisons and the hospital aswell partially replacing the W3.

For Ashington just send the 52 or 53 or something else up there instead and for the other half of the 11 merge it with it with something else ie the 41/42. Then the 19 I'd do the new route that's coming but extend it to East Hartford to replace the useless 58.