Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
(03 Apr 2018, 11:08 pm)JM03 How does the 44 go onto Mullen road then Wiltshire drive?
X6/X7.
Extend to Newcastle from Sunderland via Newcastle Road/Boldon or a quicker variant of the X36 route.
In the recent past, most of the Newcastle Road services were stand-alone, relying on picking up at Sunderland and points along the way.
Appreciate there was a variant of the 161 at one point, but who is going to travel from Low Moorsley, Hetton, Houghton etc on that, when you have a faster, more frequent alternative.
If the X6/7 is extended, it wouldn't be relying on passengers from Sunderland or points along the way, it's loads would be supplemented by those travelling from points south of Sunderland across the city and beyond
(06 Apr 2018, 5:27 pm)Andreos1 X6/X7.
Extend to Newcastle from Sunderland via Newcastle Road/Boldon or a quicker variant of the X36 route.
In the recent past, most of the Newcastle Road services were stand-alone, relying on picking up at Sunderland and points along the way.
Appreciate there was a variant of the 161 at one point, but who is going to travel from Low Moorsley, Hetton, Houghton etc on that, when you have a faster, more frequent alternative.
If the X6/7 is extended, it wouldn't be relying on passengers from Sunderland or points along the way, it's loads would be supplemented by those travelling from points south of Sunderland across the city and beyond
(06 Apr 2018, 5:27 pm)Andreos1 X6/X7.
Extend to Newcastle from Sunderland via Newcastle Road/Boldon or a quicker variant of the X36 route.
In the recent past, most of the Newcastle Road services were stand-alone, relying on picking up at Sunderland and points along the way.
Appreciate there was a variant of the 161 at one point, but who is going to travel from Low Moorsley, Hetton, Houghton etc on that, when you have a faster, more frequent alternative.
If the X6/7 is extended, it wouldn't be relying on passengers from Sunderland or points along the way, it's loads would be supplemented by those travelling from points south of Sunderland across the city and beyond
(06 Apr 2018, 5:27 pm)Andreos1 X6/X7.
Extend to Newcastle from Sunderland via Newcastle Road/Boldon or a quicker variant of the X36 route.
In the recent past, most of the Newcastle Road services were stand-alone, relying on picking up at Sunderland and points along the way.
Appreciate there was a variant of the 161 at one point, but who is going to travel from Low Moorsley, Hetton, Houghton etc on that, when you have a faster, more frequent alternative.
If the X6/7 is extended, it wouldn't be relying on passengers from Sunderland or points along the way, it's loads would be supplemented by those travelling from points south of Sunderland across the city and beyond
(06 Apr 2018, 5:27 pm)Andreos1 X6/X7.
Extend to Newcastle from Sunderland via Newcastle Road/Boldon or a quicker variant of the X36 route.
In the recent past, most of the Newcastle Road services were stand-alone, relying on picking up at Sunderland and points along the way.
Appreciate there was a variant of the 161 at one point, but who is going to travel from Low Moorsley, Hetton, Houghton etc on that, when you have a faster, more frequent alternative.
If the X6/7 is extended, it wouldn't be relying on passengers from Sunderland or points along the way, it's loads would be supplemented by those travelling from points south of Sunderland across the city and beyond
(06 Apr 2018, 6:35 pm)Ds1197 I think the X7 should still go to Middlesbrough does any know why the service was withdrawn between Peterlee and Middlesbrough?
(06 Apr 2018, 6:35 pm)Ds1197 I think the X7 should still go to Middlesbrough does any know why the service was withdrawn between Peterlee and Middlesbrough?
(06 Apr 2018, 6:41 pm)cbma06 Probably be because of service X9 timed a few minutes later from Peterlee to Middlesbrough which had more luxury than the X7
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(06 Apr 2018, 6:41 pm)cbma06 Probably be because of service X9 timed a few minutes later from Peterlee to Middlesbrough which had more luxury than the X7
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The fact that Arriva decided to send their X21 service via Seaham observing the same route as the X7 could have been part of the reason why the changes may have happened, increasing the offering between Peterlee and Sunderland from hourly to half hourly to potentially fend off people from switching to the X21.
Anyone who wants to go to Middlesbrough or Stockton from Sunderland, can always get service X6/X7 from Sunderland and change either at dalton park or Peterlee to service X9/X10, didn’t need another express run between Peterlee and Middlesbrough timed closely with existing express services
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(06 Apr 2018, 5:38 pm)cbma06 Hope not, I live on the only GNE route x7 and I don’t need it to be delayed any further than it is from the A19 as some of the x7 bus services have already turned around at Peterlee bus station coming from Sunderland and headed back to Sunderland and not doing the circular route in Peterlee, it will be more unreliable with congestion in Newcastle area.
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(06 Apr 2018, 5:38 pm)cbma06 Hope not, I live on the only GNE route x7 and I don’t need it to be delayed any further than it is from the A19 as some of the x7 bus services have already turned around at Peterlee bus station coming from Sunderland and headed back to Sunderland and not doing the circular route in Peterlee, it will be more unreliable with congestion in Newcastle area.
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(06 Apr 2018, 7:34 pm)Andreos1 Surely it's how they manage it?
Whilst I don't agree with the principle of adding time, making the journey 'longer' or having a bus stand around at a terminus for an age and don't think it's the best use of resources, it does work to an extent.
I feared the 20 extension to Shields, but on the whole, I haven't noticed the reliability change too much.
(06 Apr 2018, 7:34 pm)Andreos1 Surely it's how they manage it?
Whilst I don't agree with the principle of adding time, making the journey 'longer' or having a bus stand around at a terminus for an age and don't think it's the best use of resources, it does work to an extent.
I feared the 20 extension to Shields, but on the whole, I haven't noticed the reliability change too much.
(06 Apr 2018, 9:08 pm)cbma06 The 20 extension to shields is ridiculous, many times I’ve been at carville and Belmont with either big gaps or the services are bunched up together and have the services running late so not in service from Durham which leaves passengers crammed onto another 20 which in turn on route passengers can’t get on which cause passengers on route waiting 20 minutes or later trying to get on the 20’s, should of extended service 60 to shields, there’s also comments from drivers saying the shields section is been badly hurt from delays on the Durham section.
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(06 Apr 2018, 9:08 pm)cbma06 The 20 extension to shields is ridiculous, many times I’ve been at carville and Belmont with either big gaps or the services are bunched up together and have the services running late so not in service from Durham which leaves passengers crammed onto another 20 which in turn on route passengers can’t get on which cause passengers on route waiting 20 minutes or later trying to get on the 20’s, should of extended service 60 to shields, there’s also comments from drivers saying the shields section is been badly hurt from delays on the Durham section.
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(06 Apr 2018, 9:08 pm)cbma06 The 20 extension to shields is ridiculous, many times I’ve been at carville and Belmont with either big gaps or the services are bunched up together and have the services running late so not in service from Durham which leaves passengers crammed onto another 20 which in turn on route passengers can’t get on which cause passengers on route waiting 20 minutes or later trying to get on the 20’s, should of extended service 60 to shields, there’s also comments from drivers saying the shields section is been badly hurt from delays on the Durham section.
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(06 Apr 2018, 9:08 pm)cbma06 The 20 extension to shields is ridiculous, many times I’ve been at carville and Belmont with either big gaps or the services are bunched up together and have the services running late so not in service from Durham which leaves passengers crammed onto another 20 which in turn on route passengers can’t get on which cause passengers on route waiting 20 minutes or later trying to get on the 20’s, should of extended service 60 to shields, there’s also comments from drivers saying the shields section is been badly hurt from delays on the Durham section.
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(06 Apr 2018, 11:56 pm)JM03 The 60 could take over the 265 to Durham from Seaham so theres another link between Sunderland and Durham.
(06 Apr 2018, 11:56 pm)JM03 The 60 could take over the 265 to Durham from Seaham so theres another link between Sunderland and Durham.
(06 Apr 2018, 6:47 pm)Jamie M I'm guessing though, that the problem stems from lack of funding from council. The only difference between the two services was that the TTX offered plugs that *sometimes* worked. Could've just set a Euro requirement for the service to reduce the amount of funding needed to keep the link up. Guess we're in times though, where leading figures cannot be picky between what's kept and what isn't. Just my opinion anyway.
(06 Apr 2018, 6:47 pm)Jamie M I'm guessing though, that the problem stems from lack of funding from council. The only difference between the two services was that the TTX offered plugs that *sometimes* worked. Could've just set a Euro requirement for the service to reduce the amount of funding needed to keep the link up. Guess we're in times though, where leading figures cannot be picky between what's kept and what isn't. Just my opinion anyway.
