(30 Jun 2014, 2:40 pm)V514DFT wrote Heres my suggestions
SERVICE 44:reinstated to whitley bay
SERVICE 51:made every 30 mins
SERVICE 52:to serve old X4/5 route on northumbrian way
SERVICE 53:reinstated to serve whitley bay with an additional stop at northumberland park
SERVICE 53A:same route as 53 but serves weetslade road and serves west bailey(killingworth lake)bus station,then same route,after rake lane 53A serves marden estate then continues to whitley bay
SERVICE 54:to serve old 355 route
SERVICE 54A: same as 54 to to south gosforth,then serves DWP,four lane ends,benton,forest hall then continues the same route to west allotment,54A then serves northumberland park,shiremoor,earsdon then same route to whitley bay
SERVICE 56:reinstated to north shields
SERVICE 57:reinstated to serve north shields
SERVICE X6: newcastle-morpeth via cramlington and east hartley and ashington
Services 53,53A,54,54A will all interwork the 52 will interwork with the 55 instead of the 54
Services 56 and 57 will interwork at north shields
I like the top one. It would massively imprpve reliability on the Coast Rd corridor allowing the 306 and 308 to concentrate on that corridor and allow the 44 to carry longer distance passengers. BUT, I would operate it via the 308 route between Newcastle and Rake Lane calling at St Mary's then only calling at Willington and Billy Mill. Buses would then serve all 308 stops to just before Foxhunters then the old 44 route from there via Marden. Think of it like this, if GNE didn't have the Pronto supplementing the Angel, you'd see 4 green double deckers in a row going up and down Durham Road. That's the way it's heading on the Coast Road. People would still use the 306 / 308 for convenience but for people wanting just to simply get from point to point, the 44 would do that.