(19 Mar 2024, 9:54 pm)Ambassador wrote Tbf, the 28 only really serves a very small part of what you’d call ‘new town’ Birtley whereas the 82 serves a much wider residential area. The wider purpose of the 28 is links to ouston, beamish, pelton etc to Birtley and CLS.
The 28B having half its route cut on a Sunday is an odd one
Aye totally agreed, but imo the 25 should be the one serving the QE. Just makes more sense really, I'm not sure the likes of Portobello enjoy a massive detour going around Harlow Green etc serving nothing at all. I'm not sure they enjoy a detour of Birtley to then follow the same route as the 28 to get to the QE either.
They should just go back to the way it was for years with:
24: Newcastle to Wrekenton via Harlow Green
25: Newcastle to Langley Park via QE
82: Birtley to Washington via Ayton, maybe extended to Lansbury Drive
50: Direct from Rickleton to Washington
It's just 4 routes that have been messed around with and all 4 are worse imo.
Just don't see why the 82 needs to exist beyond Birtley personally, when you've got the 28 and should be 25 serving it instead.
Save money the 28B though, it's a just a PVR 2 doing that route.