(23 Oct 2023, 10:18 am)Storx wrote In fairness on the Throckley area I'd be trying to promote the X82 more than anything, it's much quicker.
If you interworked the:
X82 - 2 BPH
684 - 1 BPH
685 - 1 BPH
You'd have a 15 minute bus service from there towards Newcastle, 2 going right into the estates. Right now they just jump on top of each other.
Think you've got the wrong person with the 71/72/87/30/31/36 routes though.
In the future for the 71/72/87 personally I'd look at improving them like the below rather than making them worse, something has to serve all this massive new development and they're the best for it.
70 (Every 30 Minutes): Newcastle - Westerhope - Newbiggin Hall - Callerton Loop - 71 Route to Newcastle
71 (Every 30 Minutes): Reverse of above
72 (Every 30 Minutes): No Changes
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10 Minutes Combined in common sections
The X82 only runs hourly in the evenings and besides, it isn’t that much quicker (the new timetable will have a round trip of 57 minutes) and doesn’t go anywhere near Central Station. Plus given how few people get on or off the 22 off peak between Scotswood Bridge and Newcastle College, it’s virtually an express. Also, you can’t currently use Stagecoach passes on the 684 and neither that nor the 685 serve the Throckley estates. No one is going to walk up a very steep hill to the main road. And what about Newburn and Lemington? As I say, the bus services to the outer west have been very stable for a very long time and that’s precisely because they work as they should, particularly since the 62 replaced the 71 between North Walbottle and Throckley, which provided long called for links to the West Denton shops. What most of the west of the City Centre lacks, however, is a link to the Airport. Now that would definitely be something to explore.