(18 Oct 2024, 2:57 pm)Ambassador wrote All the X39 needs is what is has now but with more reliable allocations.
Most people start work between 8 and 9 and finish between 4 and 6 which is what the 22X and X39 offer. It's not ideal in between having to use the 309 as it takes an age comparatively.
Links to places like Heworth and Gateshead (as the X39 previously did) would be more useful but at the moment the X39 is designed around operational convenience and not passenger growth
More could be made of the 19 to connect at Percy Main and Northumberland Park Metro stations to offer faster connections
To be honest, I'm surprised they've never worked with Stagecoach about extending the 22 through to Northumberland Park. Should be only 1 bus and they'd have a very frequent 10 minute service, not to mention the benefits from other areas especially with the Northumberland Line. From someone on it, it would be quite a handy little connection if I needed to go to down that way for whatever reason. Be as quick than going around the Metro loop.
Cobalt is a right old dead end point for the route and it's no surprise they're pretty much always dead. Not to mention they could cash in when the Metro goes kaput every other week.