(01 Feb 2023, 8:05 am)RMF1254 wrote Extending the 55 would bring back the 355 which would be a slower link to Newcastle than the 51.310 would replace Wiltshire Drive (with the 22 every 20 minutes replacing the 311 Hadrian Park - Newcastle link).
The huge East Benton Rise / Fallow Park development would have no direct bus to Newcastle.
The link from Wiltshire Drive would be lost, the previous 3 buses an hour to nothing in less than a year.
Benton Rise is only a short walk to Wiltshire Drive if Nexus added an extra stop.
309 likewise via High Farm & Station Road.
306 stays on the Coast Road with the 308 and all services every 20 mins each.