(17 Oct 2024, 12:15 pm)L469 YVK wrote To be honest, totally agree extending the 57/57A to Tynemouth and or North Shields.
But the 308/309 corridor including the 306 & 308 strongholds east of the A19 around Chirton & Billy Mill, have been crying out for an parallel express for a long time!
The 308 before COVID and excluding any SNCL Busways services (39, 40, 62, 63 etc) was presumably the most profitable in the North East after GoNE's 21.
See I don't think they do personally, the 309(X39) should be the service express imo with the 308 curtailed at Whitley Bay and going via Battle Hill.
I know the 308 in years past was the strongest, but at the same time there wasn't a huge business park there either and you just have to read the comments about the issues on the current X39 to see there's generally demand there even if it is only at peaks.
The 6 buses from Whitley Bay to Blyth is overkill aswell imo.