(11 Jun 2023, 2:18 pm)Storx wrote But even then though, it takes what is 10 mins from Eldon Square to Gateshead, you could be nearly at Team Valley by that time and once the A1 is complete it's going to be a dual carriageway all the way, or at least to the Redheugh Bridge anyway.
The better place imo would be is where the funfair is at Team Valley, then you could run non-stop buses through and additionally serve Team Valley so it has dual purpose and additional passenger flows skipping Gateshead - as no-one wants to go there.
For the other side Follingsby Park is better, not to mention it'll have a future rail connection but also for the same reason that you could have express buses which run non-stop and serve the business park aswell - maybe as an extension of the 4 and the Felling Bypass is a right slog at rush hour so would be more popular.
It's how the York P&R works, using the York Designer Village, Monks Cross and Askham Bar College instead.
No-one wants to go the Angel, so it'll happen what happens everywhere else, no-one is using it, we'll get arid of the express buses the 21 is good enough. Whoah hang on I'm not sitting on a bus that stops everywhere and takes 30 minutes. P&R closes. It's basically what happened at the Great Park with the X40 which now goes on a detour around Jesmond. That used to take 18 minutes, now it's 34 minutes!
have to say you do sometime come up with some cracking idea ( except when you moan about nexus! LOL) and i agree it my not be the best place and team valley could be a better option but its all about money isnt it. Open this, increase that. Maybe the land at the valley was 5 million more to purchase?? also could be harder to get planning for it there.
And since you mentioned it no one wants to go to team valley on the bus.... its the same as silverlink, i dont use the buses that serve that very often but when i have no one gets on or off there.
actually scrap that just read this from chrnicle
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...l-10865311
For starters no extra buses??? bloody hell only nutters would leave there care there and try to get on a 21 or x12 at peak times! I also assumed it was on the north side of the A! not the south side so mybe you are right... grren elephant i think