(23 Aug 2014, 2:39 pm)Kuyoyo wrote No, they shouldn't - there's 2 simplified routes running every 20 minutes each, instead of 3 complicated ones running every god knows what.
Ok then, here's my suggestion. Please note that this is just a suggestion timetable created for NEB and not an official publication by Arriva North East!
Anyway, here's the main points:
- Faster journeys from Newbiggin to Newcastle.
- Main 15 minute combined frequency between Ashington and Newcastle with reasonable journey times with another 30 minute standalone service.
- More buses for North Seaton with evening and Sunday journeys also included avoiding a change in Ashington and providing an alternative to the hourly X20.
- The two main services would have a PVR of 11 with 7522-7528 and 7506 to 7509 under Sapphire. For the standalone service, 7501 to 7505 could operate under a brand called MAX+ which is basically Sapphire but a different name.
- Minimal idle times during nights and Sundays with one main service and the standalone service interworking. A relatively combined frequency would still remain during nights and Sundays from Ashington Bus Stn, Bedlington from either Red Lion or Glebe Bank and between Hartford Bank and Newcastle.
And just on another note, ignore the 2305 journey from Newcastle on a Sunday Night as that would terminate in Ashington and not Newbiggin.
[attachment=5849
]
