(01 Aug 2022, 11:11 am)Andreos1 wrote I thought I'd posted these. Maybe it wasn't in this thread. Or maybe I just didn't post it at all!Would the 61X be an extra service? or running off the back of the 61D?
Anyway. To take in to account changing travel patterns, the need to get cars off the road and the fact that key employment sites don't have a decent level of public transport, a revision to key services at key times of the day.
Services will run with a suffix following on from their number.
X - Peak time variation of a route.
D - day time variation of a route.
N - evening variation of a route.
Example 1:
27X - South Shields to Newcastle via Tyne Dock, Jarrow, Hebburn, Monkton Business Park, Follingsby, Heworth, Felling Bypass, Gateshead, Newcastle.
27D - current route.
Example 2:
61X - Seaham, A19, Doxford Park, Sunderland.
61D - current route.
61N - Seaham, A19, Nissan, Follingsby, Heworth.
Example 3:
50X - Durham, Abbey Road/Arnison Centre, Chester, A1, Galleries, Waterview Park, Boldon Business Park, Boldon, Tyne Dock, South Shields
50D - current route.
50N - Chester le Street, Portobello, Rolls Royce/BAE, Crowther, Galleries, Biddick, Waterview Park (for Asda) , Nissan, Castletown.
The D services will run during the peaks, but at a lower frequency. This will allow driver and vehicle resource to be used effectively to meet the demands passengers actually have during peaks and on an evening/night.
These are just base ideas. I'm sure there are many more examples or suggestions of an operator looking to adapt a route to suit the flows or patterns across the course of a day and in to the night.
RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2