(14 Jul 2023, 7:29 pm)L469 YVK wrote I don't know what the third service is, but the 351 & 359 alone are a bit of a waste IMO.No operator is going to provide a Wiltshire Drive to Newcastle service commercially - Arriva have tried it without luck, GNE did previously.
351:
- Can easily be done using a PVR of 2x if Wiltshire Drive missed and limited stop along the Coast Road. Wiltshire Drive picked up commercially instead by another service.
359:
- 354 changed to do NT Hospital loop instead of Cobalt.
- Backworth - Whitley Bay link still there with change at NT Hospital onto 308/309 every 10 minutes.
It's not just the above examples, but there really needs to be a major clean up of the secondary & tendered services across North Tyneside & Newcastle.
Given the large number of Nexus tendered services in North Tyneside they could tidy them up if they wanted.
(14 Jul 2023, 7:03 pm)Storx wrote Assuming it'll be later if they do, there's nothing for the 352/353 on evenings and Sunday's either and I can't imagine them leaving no bus at all between Cramlington and Killingworth.
I assume that Nexus will negotiate directly with the operators for odd evening and Sunday journey on their services.