(28 Aug 2023, 11:06 am)Storx wrote If you took the 58 out of there, then the 58 would be dead.
The 57 is the problem route, it duplicates the 51/52, 56 and 58 for most of the route but doesn't interwork with it at all now.
Personally I'd be more radical and rewrite the whole lot and have something like
90: Newcastle to Heworth | Newcastle - Gateshead - Team Valley - Low Fell - QE Hospital - Heworth (Every 20 Minutes)
91/92 (The Loop): Gateshead to Gatehead | Gateshead - Shipcote - Low Fell - Eighton Banks - Wrekenton - Springwell Estate - Forster Square - Felling - Heworth - Gateshead College - Gateshead (Every 20 Minutes)
56: No Changes (Every 15 Minutes)
57: Newcastle to Springwell Estate | Newcastle - Gateshead - QE Hospital - Beacon Lough Estate - Wrekenton - Springwell Estate (Every 15 Minutes)
58: No Changes (Every 15 Minutes)
59: Newcastle to Wardley | Newcastle - Gateshead - Dun Hill Road - QE Hospital - Felling - Heworth - Wardley (Every 20 Minutes)
51/52/93/94 - Withdrawn
Combined Corridors:
1/90: Every 10 Minutes, Newcastle to Team Valley North
56/57: Every 7.5 Minutes, Newcastle to Beacon Lough
Map:
As far as I'm aware there's no lost links anywhere but would finally give Newcastle a link to Team Valley and increase the Bensham Road and Old Durham Road corridors which both could do with a frequency increase imo.
I like your ideas, but:
57: Newcastle to Springwell Estate | Newcastle - Gateshead - QE Hospital - Beacon Lough Estate - Wrekenton - Springwell Estate (Every 30 Minutes)
57A: Newcastle to Springwell Estate | Newcastle - Gateshead - QE Hospital - Wrekenton - Eighton Banks - Springwell Village - Donwell - Blackfell - The Galleries (Every 30 Minutes)
90: Newcastle to Heworth | Newcastle - Gateshead - Bensham Hospital - Team Valley - Low Fell - QE Hospital - Heworth (Every 20 Minutes))
91: Newcastle to Houghton-Le-Spring | Newcastle - Team Valley - Portobello - Vigo Estate - Ayton - Lambton - The Galleries - Biddick - Fatfield - Shiney Row - Success - Newbottle - Burnside Estate - Houghton-Le-Street (Every 30 Mins)
Your 91 & 92 could stay as the 93 & 94
I would also withdraw the X66 and merge that with something.