(22 Jul 2014, 4:39 pm)Marcus wrote If I was them - concentrate on the 14, it seems to bring in the most profit, and the 13 misses out the Arnison Centre, which in my opinion is the link that makes the 14 survive. They could however, concentrate on the actual shopping area themselves. You know how the 50 goes nowhere near the main stores, but the 14 does? - I'm positive loads of people get sick of walking with bags of shopping. If GNE had the 13 swing around past there as well, and if there was a 30 minute frequency the public will have a 2 buses an hour to Durham - I reckon that could be profitable.
Maybe they could scrap the 13 and have a new service between Chester-le-Street and Durham, calling at the X25 stops to Witton Gilbert, then via the 13 route to Durham, with the X25 reducing to hourly, as to be fair, it doesn't really need a half-hourly service. Then the M2/M3 could be revised. They would operate as present, but extend from Birtley to Urpeth then replace the 34 between there and Waldridge Park. An new M3X would be introduced, hourly, between Chester and Coach Road Estate. It would operate via Portmeads, Ayton, Lambton, Washington, Teal Farm, Peel and Concord. M2/M3 would be shared between Washington and Chester, with the M3X being operated by Chester.