(23 Aug 2014, 9:25 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote 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!I agree that there should be more services through North Seaton, it seems gradually they've had everything taken away, I'm sure at one point they had the 35, X31 and X30 going through there, now they have a pretty unreliable 35, X20 that on the morning I've heard is packed by the time it gets there and a 57 which is only hourly.
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.
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In addition to this, if you live in North Seaton and want to get to, for example, Bedlington Station you'll have to change at Ashington which is inconvenient especially if the first bus is late and you miss your connection.