(19 Nov 2024, 3:40 pm)L469 YVK wrote On the 351 now and quite surprised at the loadings for supposedly a 'micky mouse' hourly ran subsidised service.
If franchising came about or maybe GoNE/Arriva/NECA did further Coast Road changes, could easily be justified properly integraging into the Coast Road group of services, maybe more frequent Newcastle to Holystone or every 30 mins full route!
Bigger buses are what is needed now before it starts to lose these passengers from the ‘traditional’ part of the route. Standing is now the norm at certain times of the day as more people from Holystone Park, East Benton and Fallow Park are using the service.