RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
(28 Mar 2023, 4:08 pm)Washingtonian wrote Service 4 - reduced to every half hour Mon - Sat, hourly evenings and Sundays
New Service 4A - Houghton-le-Spring - Herrington Burn - Shiney Row - Penshaw - Fatfield Bridge - Fallowfield Way - Washington Arts Centre - Glebe - Washington Galleries - Albany - Concord - Donwell - Usworth College - Follingsby Park - Leam Lane/Lingey Lane - Heworth (Mon - Sat half hourly, evenings and Sundays hourly)
New Service X4 - Easington Lane - Hetton le Hole - Houghton le Spring - Fence Houses - Bournmoor - Shiney Row - Biddick Woods - Washington Galleries - Springwell Village - Leam Lane/Lingey Lane - Heworth Metro - Gateshead (via Felling-by-pass) - Newcastle (Mon - Sat half hourly, evenings and Sundays hourly)
Service X1 - To maintain current route but reduced to half hourly Mon - Sun, evenings hourly alongside X4
New Services 75 and 75A (Replacing Service 8)
New Service 75 - Washington Galleries - Glebe -Washington Village - Barmston Waskerley Road - Barmston Village Centre - A1231 Slip road - Waterview Park - Teal Farm - Castletown - Hylton Riverside Retail Park - Sunderland Interchange (Mon - Sat hourly, evenings and Sundays hourly)
New Service 75A- Washington Galleries - Biddick - Teal Farm - Waterview Park - Castletown - Trimdon Street Retail Park - Sunderland Interchange (Mon - Sat hourly)
Option to extend 74 and 75 to Silksworth or run a new seperate service.
Service 2 - renumbered to 76 - Washington Galleries - Lambton - Harraton - Fatfield Bridge - Barnwell - Hastings Hill - Sunderland Royal Hospital - Sunderland Interchange (Mon - Sat half hourly, evenings and Sundays hourly) - extend to Biddick on evenings. This service would serve Barnwell instead of Penshaw and Shiney Row, which would be served by the Service 77.
New Service 77 - Stanley - Beamish - West Pellton - Pelton - Chester le Street - Picktree - Rickleton - Harraton - Washington Arts Centre - Fallowfield Way - Fatfield Bridge - Penshaw - Shiney Row - Hastings Hill - Sunderland Royal Hospital - Sunderland Interchange (Mon - Sun half hourly, evenings hourly)
Revised Service 83 - Chester le Street - Birtley - Portobello - Barley Mow - Rickleton - Harraton - Lambton - Washington Galleries - Concord - Sulgrave - Peel Retail Park - Waterview Park (Mon - Sat half hourly, evenings and Sundays hourly) Option to extend to Stanley and Beamish
Service 50 - As a result of these proposed new services and service changes, Service 50 will no longer serve Harraton, and Rickleton Village Centre. Service 50 would be rerouted to serve Washington Hospital and continue to serve Picktree. This would allow for journeys to be more direct and improve reliablility.
Forgot to add another service onto this: -
New Service X2 - Sunderland Interchange - Sunderland Royal Hospital - Hastings Hill - Washington Galleries (non stop) - Portobello - Birtley Northside Mount Pleasant Road - Eighton Banks - Wrekenton High Street - QE Hospital - Gateshead Interchange - Newcastle Eldon Square (Mon - Sat every half hour) Service 25 would be withdrawn.
SUMMARY
The proposed changes would give (from Washington Galleries: -)
6 buses per hour to Heworth Mon - Sat, 3 on evenings and Sundays
6 buses per hour to Newcastle and Gateshead Mon - Sat, 2 on evenings and 3 on Sundays
8 buses per hour to Houghton le Spring Mon - Sat, 4 on evenings and 5 on Sundays
6 buses per hour to Sunderland Mon - Sat, 2 on evenings and Sundays
4 buses per hour to QE Hospital Mon - Sat, 1 on evenings and 2 on Sundays. Service X4 could be rerouted to serve Wrekenton and QE Hospital on evenings if an extra bus is needed.
4 buses per hour to Sunderland Royal Hospital Mon - Sat, 1 per evenings and Sundays. Option of extending propsed Service 75 on evenings to serve Sunderland Royal Hospital and University of Sunderland via Hylton Road from Hylton Riverside/Trimdon Street Retail Park.
4 buses per hour to Waterview Park Mon - Sat, 2 on evenings and Sundays
4 buses per hour to Chester le Street Mon - Sat, 2 on evenings and Sundays
