(04 Apr 2024, 4:40 pm)V514DFT wrote Some slight jiggery pokery incoming
352-left as is
353- upped to every 30 mins and additonally serves Holystone Park
354-swapped with the 355 in Longbenton/South Gosforth area, and additionally serves Four Lane Ends Interchange, 354 removed between Rake Lane and North Shields (covered by the 353) and re-routed via N.T.G.H, Preston Grange Morrisons and Preston Road North to/from North Shields offering connections with 306/307/308/309/and 317
355- Holystone Park-Newcastle every 30 mins offering a more frequent service to/from Newcastle and offering connections with the 353, 355 also re-routed via Four Lane Ends Interchange and Benton Park Road
Don't mind the idea of some of them, I'd do some slightly different and do the below instead though personally (obviously need to work with Nexus though) and like the idea of another service for Preston.
So you'd have a
305 (Yellow): Old route restored additionally serving Wiltshire Drive | Every 30 Minutes
317: Omit Holy Cross
335: Withdrawn, not replaced
342: Killingworth to Wallsend only
349 (Green): Newbiggin Hall - Kingston Park - Hazlerigg - Seaton Burn - Killingworth - Backworth - Northumberland Park - Murton - NT Hospital - Preston - North Shields | Hourly
350 (Pink): Newcastle - Gosforth - Longbenton - Killingworth - Backworth - Northumberland Park - Shiremoor - Whitley Bay | Hourly
351 (Purple): Newcastle - Gosforth - Longbenton - Benton Square - Benton Metro - New Housing Estate - Holystone - Shiremoor - Whitley Bay | Hourly
352: Withdrawn
353 (Orange): Current Route | Every 30 Minutes
354: Partially replaced by 350/351
355: Replaced Below
57 (Blue): Holystone Park (liked this extension) - Meadway - Benton - Longbenton - Newcastle - Gateshead - QE - Heworth - Wardley | Every 30 Minutes
W2: Withdrawn, not replaced
349/350 | Every 30 Minutes on combined section giving frequent Northumberland Park to Killingworth service for interchanging
350/351 | Every 30 Minutes on combined sections