(30 Jan 2014, 12:16 pm)andreos1 wrote Lights outside St Josephs Church and Morrisons?
You are right, it isn't going to help and will only add to issues the service has with reliability.
Going back to the point regarding routes, services and stopping places - the impact of four sets of lights in Birtley alone, will be felt either side of the town.
Maybe loadings will increase on the x21 and the 1 & 51/52 (which can already struggle due to traffic).
Personally, I would concentrate on ensuring loadings increase on the latter 3 for Low Fell -Gateshead/Newcastle runs (maybe even adding additional local Gateshead services), whilst making the 21 a limited stop between the Harlow Green and Gateshead.
Bus lanes and endless amounts of the ever changing white paint, chucked about with abandon on the dualed section of Durham Road over the last 20years hasn't helped. Neither has the removal of footbridges or replacing them with crossings in Low Fell.
Maybe it is time GNE took some control back and used their own initiative, rather than rely on Gateshead Council to come up with ideas.
Yes those are the lights in question, coupled with that awful 20mph zone
In its dying days the 723 was limited stop from Windsor Road then Jolly Miller, Cannon then Gateshead but I imagine GNE wouldn't go down that route again as much sense as it would make