(19 Jul 2022, 9:17 pm)Malarkey wrote I would say the service changes last year where the 51/52 were extended from Gateshead to Newcastle in order to cover a loss of links on certain parts of the route when the Quayside section was switched over onto the 53/54 thus resulting in a bus Every 7/8 Minutes between Newcastle & Heworth, on top of having the 56/57 up to Deckham has to have an impact as there is a Bus Every 3/4 Minutes on the latter alone to which I have seen a 51/56/57 & 58 running together due to how tight those timing's are. Furthermore i'd say the 58 only needs a single decker due to how many empty seats there are and I can also see the extension from Heworth to Amazon also impacting passenger numbers on the 4.
Even 12 minutes isnt enough for the 4 especially during the peaks, you'd have people standing by the time it left concord.