Had a little think about this and something slightly different to usual. Yes......it does include my infamous idea for Hadrian Park & Wiltshire Drive.......but also some wider benefits that actually tie in and not just a knee jerk reaction to get rid of the 51.

Stagecoach
22:
* Every 10 minutes from Throckley to Churchill Street.
* Then every 20 minutes to Cobalt & Silverlink, or Hadrian Park.
* Evening journeys split hourly to Cobalt & Silverlink or Hadrian Park.
* Sunday daytime journeys extend from Hadrian Park to Silverlink.

37:
* Every 30 minutes.
* Same route as 38 from Whickham View to Freeman Hospital.
* Continues to Northumberland Park Interchange via Benton Park Road, Whitley Road, East Benton Rise, Benton ASDA, Holystone, Holystone Park and West Allotment.

38:
* Short journey every 30 minutes Whickham View to Freeman Hospital.
* Full journey every 30 minutes Whickham View to Freeman Hospital, then continutes via Freeman Road to Haddricks Mill before following current 55 route to Forest Hall and Meadway loop.


Arriva
51:
* Hourly
* Same route as now between Whitley Bay and A191 New York Road, then via B1322 following current 54 route to Newcastle.

53:
* Every 30 minutes.
* Same route as now between Cramlington and New York.
* Then via North Tyneside Hospital (including roundabout), Barnstaple Road, Devon Road, Whitehouse Lane then currrent 53 route to North Shields.

54:
* Withdrawn.

55:
* Withdrawn.

57/57A:
* Up to every 30 minutes.
* Extended to North Shields during the day.
* Route from Billy Mill Lane via Whitehouse Farm, Alwinton Avenue then as per current 335 route.
* Also operates via Murton Village & New York (anti-clockwise to N/Shields / clockwise to Whitley Bay) during the day.

306:
* Omits Battle Hill Drive and terminates in Whitley Bay Town Centre.


Go North East
307:
* Operates via Wiltshire Drive instead of Hadrian Park.


Nexus/GCT
335:
* Killingworth to Cobalt only >> would there be a need for this service with most links covered by alternative routes?