(13 Jul 2024, 7:25 pm)Storx wrote I know which junction you mean here and it did open later, we just used it get from Kingston Park, forgot about that actually.Buses have never went over that mini bridge even before it was broken. Its always been a weak bridge and there's always been a weight limit on it. Plus, all the locals prefer it to a bike lane. And I remember driving that way as a kid and I remember you could barely get through even as a car
I'm not surprised to be honest, if Newcastle Council actually bothered to fix bridges then this could literally be all fixed easily imo by doing:
553, PVR 1: Regent Centre - Hollywood Avenue - Salters Bridge - South Gosforth - Freeman Hospital (Every 30 Minutes as now)
X46, PVR 2: Newcastle - Gosforth - Brunton Park - Featherstone Grove - Great Park (Every 30 Minutes)
Literally fixed it in a minute and improved the services bar the few who don't use the bus along Hollywood Avenue who have to change now.
As long as Salters Bridge is a bus gate then there's never going to be issues because it'll never meet anything.
The X46 and 49 duplicating each other 2 minutes apart is terrible terrible bus planning imo.
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Guessing people around there aren't aware of the X46 though mind as that's probably a better alternative, putting a bus stop where the bus stop is rather than hail and ride would probably help though.
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