(19 Nov 2024, 11:52 am)Storx wrote Imo the 50 should run it all the time.
I wish GNE and the 4 Southern councils would come together and come with a fix with the Birtley / Washington area.
Something like:
81/82: Restored to every 15 minutes combined, Birtley to Washington or Rickleton to Washington
24: Restored Newcastle to Wrekenton via Low Fell and Eighton Banks every hour
25: Restored Newcastle to Langley Park via QE Hospital every 30 minutes Newcastle to CLS, Hourly to Langley Park
50: Restored direct from CLS to Washington, time savings used to extend the service to the beach.
It worked for years commercially, it's the exact point of BSIP imo and with other improvements ie. cheaper fares, better marketing etc it should be the sort of places where growth should be possible especially with the amount of new houses been built in the areas aswell.
I haven't worked it out but the PVR increase probably isn't too much considering there's nonsense like the 82 to the QE and this S1. The 25 and 82 should be every 30 minutes regardless. Hourly is unacceptable in urban areas imo.
Alot like the 352, i dont get how a service is fine for years, then it just dies, like the 351-355 are all just wrong
351- should be half hourly (i know its now a GCT route)
352- either canned or sorted out
353- half hourly during the day
354- either canned or sorted out
355- stays the same but additionally serves Four Lane Ends, either that or swap the 354 and 355 back over again
But if something isnt done with the 352 and 355 very soon, Stagecoach will see them both off, all they'd have to do is make it every half hour on Sundays, then they'd win, but the 353/354 thing going on at Billy Mill just simply isnt needed imo, and the combined frequency on evenings and Sundays with the 57A, what the hell is all that about, then there's the 54, thats literally pointless