(14 Apr 2022, 8:14 pm)Storx wrote In fairness there's large chunks of Ashington that doesn't have a bus service atm and never really has had one even known the houses have been there for over 20 years:
- Blackthorn Way and surrounding areas
- Nursery Park
- Cotswalds Drive
- North Seaton Ind. Estate
- Housing Estate near the Rugby Ground
- Wansbeck Road
Just to name a few. Seems quite tight to be adding extensions to the 1 aswell unless it's just the short boards then you've got a problem it's an hourly service and it's too infrequent.
No you're right, but that new estate surrounding the hospital is going to be huge. I'd imagine you could loop it by adding 3-4 minutes to the running time. At the moment the shorts get 14 minutes to get from Ashington Bus Station, to the hospital, and back where it's realistically more than achievable in 8 or so - so add that loop in and you've still got a couple of minutes sitting time at Ashington.
The Widdrington's look a tad more difficult, but you could cut the sitting time at Ashington from the current 4 minutes to 2, and then slice a minute off at both Widdrington and Blyth?
(14 Apr 2022, 8:36 pm)omnicity4659 wrote The road network in the estate has been complete for a couple of years now, a full loop opened in late-2019/early-2020. Plenty of houses have been there for the last 10-15 years, too.
Not to the houses that are currently being built by the Spine Road though?