(31 Dec 2023, 7:23 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote There is a way we can use integration of forcing passengers to use the metro at stations.
The best example we have is any buses south of tyne terminate at Gateshead (only services that terminate at Newcastle and Market Street etc... )
Eg:- 21 56 X1 x21 etc ...
Have a deal with Metro where During the tyne bridge disruption buses terminate and start at Gateshead the tickets are valid to use the metro to station's Haymarket Momument and central station
Cross services buses like 1 may need to split service short to medium term this will improve reliability as no doubt there will be massive queues and delays
We often see services terminating at Gateshead if they are running late to get back to timetable
Also bear in mind new trains should be more reliable and it is a boost to Gateshead town centre with footfall
See I'm unsure on that as Gateshead is too close to the destination to be useful so would be a frustrating change.
Personally I'd keep some services running through
1, 21, 53, 54 and 56 only pretty much so all of the main corridors have a main route through.
Beyond that you need to look at the points further out, aka Heworth:
So stuff like the
X1 and X21 would be sent direct to Heworth instead
Other services such as the 27, 57 and 58 would also be expected to change there instead. It would save time as the time difference between the 4 and Metro or X1 is pretty neglible as it is and get people onto the Metro quicker rather than having to sit in queues to eventually make that same change anyway.
At the Metro Centre side, I'd be tempted to look at running some services in via Scotswood Bridge and extending the X66 shuttle through to Blaydon so the likes of the 10, 10A, 10B, X45, 47 etc could go that way aswell omitting the Redheugh Bridge.