(10 Jun 2023, 6:20 pm)Storx wrote See personally if I was going to do this I'd just scrap everything and start again, the routes now aren't ideal and are from yesteryear and change it to something like.Why does everyone think there should be a link between Marden and Battle hill. Why not have X38 Whitley Bay to Newcastle via old 44 route non stop along the Coast Rd. from Norham Rd. and keep the 308 as it is.
55 - Every 30 Minutes, Current Route
56 - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - South Gosforth - Four Lane Ends - Benton - Benton Rise - ASDA - Holystone - Shiremoor - Briardene - Whitley Bay
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55/56 - Every 15 Minutes, Newcastle to Benton
57/57A - Whitley Bay to North Shields restored
Cobalt Connect
80 - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - Selby Gardens - Wallsend Dene - Silverlink (The Silverlink) - Cobalt - New York - NT Hospital - Whitley Bay - Blyth via Links Road
80A - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - Selby Gardens - Wallsend Dene - Silverlink (The Silverlink) - Cobalt - New York - NT Hospital - Whitley Bay - Blyth via South Beach
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80/80A - Every 15 Minutes, Express Newcastle to Silverlink / Cobalt / Whitley Bay / Blyth
Coastal Loop
81 - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - Selby Gardens - Battle Hill - Silverlink (A1058) - Billy Mill - Lynn Road - NT Hospital - Morrisons - Marden - Cullercoats - Tynemouth
82 - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - Selby Gardens - Battle Hill - Silverlink (A1058) - Verne Road - Central Avenue - Landestown Terrace - Hawkeys Lane - North Shields - Tynemouth
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81/82 - Every 15 Minutes, Express Newcastle to Battle Hill, Then serve all the coast - connect with each other in Tynemouth
'The Slow Ones' Loop
83 - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - Wiltshire Drive - High Farm - Battle Hill - Middle Engine Lane - Norham Road - Billy Mill - Queen Alexander Road - North Shields
84 - Every 30 Minutes, Newcastle - Battle Hill - High Farm - Hadrian Park - Middle Engine Lane - Norham Road - Meadowell - North Shields
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83/84 - Every 15 Minutes, Newcastle - Middle Engine Lane - Cobalt South - Norham Road, connect with each other in North Shields
Other Combined Corridors
57/57A/83, Every 15 Minutes Billy Mill to North Shields
80/80A/81/82 - Every 7.5 Minutes, Newcastle to Selby Gardens
81/82/83/84 - 8x buses, Newcastle to Battle Hill
It connects communities together much better than what's there now and makes more sense with the 306 extension and also reduces the overkill of buses at the Northern side. I'd imagine it's actually a PVR reduction from it but haven't worked it. Tynemouth etc still has the same buses but they just go in opposite directions for example and most people arguably should be using the Metro anyway. I know there's a few areas with reductions ie. Lynn Road and the 306 from Billy Mill to Tynemouth but somewhere had to take the hit and sadly it was them but most of it has gained the 57/57A to compensate for it for people doing local journeys.
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