(13 Dec 2023, 1:16 am)logidoodah wrote Here are my GNE Gateshead changes if I were to overhaul the lot...
If a service is not mentioned expect it not to change.
Please see this map for a diagram.
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Following on from my Gateshead proposals...here is my GNE South Tyneside & Washington changes...
Again if service is not mentioned expect no change.
Please see this map for diagram
24 (red) = South Shields <--> Sunderland (no change)
25 (dark red) = Lukes Lane <--> South Shields [5/26 merged] (combined 15 min freq with 26 on common sections, interworks with 24)
26 (peach) = Bill Quay <--> South Shields [26 variation] (combined 15 min freq with 25 on common sections, interworks with 24 & new route around Jarrow to open links)
27 (silver) = Newcastle <--> South Shields (no change)
X1 = No Change
2 (pink) = Concord & Washington <--> Sunderland [2/84/85 merged] (combines with 3 for 10 min freq on common sections)
3 (purple) = Concord & Washington <--> Sunderland [2A/84/85 merged] (combines with 2 for 10 min freq on common sections)
4/4A (light pink) = Heworth <--> Houghton-le-Spring [4/84/85 merged] (combined 15 min freq, 4A deviates via Oxclose Rd & Usworth)
8 (green) = Sunderland <--> Stanley [8/82 merged] (only adds a few mins overall to the current route)
50 (blue) = South Shields <--> Durham [route change] (route reverts to not serve Ayton Road - this is served by the 2/82)
55 (yellow) = Gateshead <--> Washington Galleries [81/82/25 merged] (new links created and interworks with 55A)
55A (Brown) = Gateshead <--> Washington Galleries [81/82/25 merged] (new links created and interworks with 55)
56 (orange) = Newcastle <--> Sunderland
2/3 | Comb. Every 10 mins (improved connections from Washington to Sunderland)
4/4A | Every 15 mins (only change is 4A serving Usworth and Oxclose Lane improving connections)
8 | Every 30 mins (new is not that much longer plus will pick up passengers rather than bombing down a motorway)
25/26 | Comb. Every 30 mins (improved integration due to not interworking with the 9. Therefore 24 - 25/26 - 25/26 - 24)
55 | Every 60 mins (fills in the gaps currently in the network and can get rid of the TB22/TB23)
55A | Every 60 mins (fills in the gaps currently in the network and can get rid of the TB22/TB23)