(06 Apr 2015, 5:07 pm)Tom wrote Most (if not all) of the journeys will start/finish in Consett or Stanley though as most people will be travelling in to Newcastle on a morning, and not many people will be travelling out of Newcastle on a morning? The other way round on a evening. That is a hell of a lot of dead mileage.Lets take a look at it then on a Monday to Friday Basis for just 1 Day on the Red Kite/Diamond Services, all results are from Depot to the Start Point of Service typed into Google and Time taken to go from A to B along with Mileage, Mileage will then be Multiplied by the Number of Journeys starting at each Start Point.
45/46
Stanley Depot to Consett - 14 Minutes - 7.7 Miles x 7 = 53.9 Miles
Stanley Depot to Shotley Bridge - 18 Minutes - 9.4 Miles x 1 = 9.4 Miles
Stanley Depot to Rowlands Gill - 12 Minutes - 5.3 Miles x 1 = 5.3 Miles
Riverside to Consett - 28 Minutes - 12.2 Miles x 7 = 85.4 Miles
Riverside to Shotley Bridge - 26 Minutes - 11.9 Miles x 1 = 11.9 Miles
Riverside to Rowlands Gill - 12 Minutes - 5.1 Miles x 1 - 5.1 Miles
43/44/44A
Riverside to Stanley - 22 Minutes - 9.2 Miles x 6 = 55.2 Miles
Riverside to Burnopfield - 17 Minutes - 6.8 Miles x 3 = 20.4 Miles
Riverside to Flint Hill - 19 Minutes - 7.6 Miles x 3 = 22.8 Miles
Stanley Depot to Stanley Bus Station - 1 Minute - 0.6 Miles x 6 = 3.6 Miles
Stanley Depot to Burnopfield - 10 Minutes - 4.0 Miles x 3 = 12 Miles
Stanley Depot to Flint Hill - 6 Minutes - 2.8 Miles x 3 = 9.2 Miles
Again either way as I have said previously, Dead Mileage will rise depending on whether the Services move to Riverside or are Merged with Chester le Street at a New Depot in the future, certainly think they would be better off moving to Riverside if that was to happen depending on Location of a New Depot of course.