Go North East: Service Suggestions
Go North East: Service Suggestions
Not a suggestion as such but maybe one of you service creators could come up with something but I'm surprised GNE have never tried anything from the Coast Road onto Chillingham Road and then Shields Road into the City Centre. Heaton has a large student community and Byker is a popular shopping area with Morrisons and Asda.
(14 Mar 2015, 1:31 pm)roar Not a suggestion as such but maybe one of you service creators could come up with something but I'm surprised GNE have never tried anything from the Coast Road onto Chillingham Road and then Shields Road into the City Centre. Heaton has a large student community and Byker is a popular shopping area with Morrisons and Asda.
(14 Mar 2015, 1:31 pm)roar Not a suggestion as such but maybe one of you service creators could come up with something but I'm surprised GNE have never tried anything from the Coast Road onto Chillingham Road and then Shields Road into the City Centre. Heaton has a large student community and Byker is a popular shopping area with Morrisons and Asda.
Plus the people of the Chillingham Road area have a Metro station.
(14 Mar 2015, 1:56 pm)Tommy_1581 Plus the people of the Chillingham Road area have a Metro station.
(14 Mar 2015, 1:56 pm)Tommy_1581 Plus the people of the Chillingham Road area have a Metro station.
(14 Mar 2015, 1:31 pm)roar Not a suggestion as such but maybe one of you service creators could come up with something but I'm surprised GNE have never tried anything from the Coast Road onto Chillingham Road and then Shields Road into the City Centre. Heaton has a large student community and Byker is a popular shopping area with Morrisons and Asda.Hows about this.
(14 Mar 2015, 1:31 pm)roar Not a suggestion as such but maybe one of you service creators could come up with something but I'm surprised GNE have never tried anything from the Coast Road onto Chillingham Road and then Shields Road into the City Centre. Heaton has a large student community and Byker is a popular shopping area with Morrisons and Asda.Hows about this.
Without going into any details, is there any possibility of GNE being able to gather together a selection of vehicles to attempt to compete with ANE in South East Northumberland?
I think if they pretty much copied Arriva's old X31/2/3 routes, as I think Davey has suggested in the past, they'd be onto something:
X31- Newcastle- Bedlington- Bedlington Station- Ashington - North Seaton- Newbiggin Cresswell Arms
X32- Newcastle- Bedlington- Bedlington Station- Ashington- Wansbeck Hospital- Newbiggin Seacrest Road- Newbiggin Cresswell Arms
X33- Newcastle- Nedderton- Bedlington- Guide Post- Ashington (some extended to Cresswell and Ellington)
(15 Mar 2015, 4:55 pm)mb134 Without going into any details, is there any possibility of GNE being able to gather together a selection of vehicles to attempt to compete with ANE in South East Northumberland?
I think if they pretty much copied Arriva's old X31/2/3 routes, as I think Davey has suggested in the past, they'd be onto something:
X31- Newcastle- Bedlington- Bedlington Station- Ashington - North Seaton- Newbiggin Cresswell Arms
X32- Newcastle- Bedlington- Bedlington Station- Ashington- Wansbeck Hospital- Newbiggin Seacrest Road- Newbiggin Cresswell Arms
X33- Newcastle- Nedderton- Bedlington- Guide Post- Ashington (some extended to Cresswell and Ellington)
(15 Mar 2015, 4:55 pm)mb134 Without going into any details, is there any possibility of GNE being able to gather together a selection of vehicles to attempt to compete with ANE in South East Northumberland?
I think if they pretty much copied Arriva's old X31/2/3 routes, as I think Davey has suggested in the past, they'd be onto something:
X31- Newcastle- Bedlington- Bedlington Station- Ashington - North Seaton- Newbiggin Cresswell Arms
X32- Newcastle- Bedlington- Bedlington Station- Ashington- Wansbeck Hospital- Newbiggin Seacrest Road- Newbiggin Cresswell Arms
X33- Newcastle- Nedderton- Bedlington- Guide Post- Ashington (some extended to Cresswell and Ellington)
(15 Mar 2015, 4:58 pm)Tommy_1581 I would certainly use GNE, nice clean and bright buses.
The X32 would that go via Elephant?
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Arriva North East: 7413 P413CCU Volvo Olympian/NCME by emdjt42, on Flickr
(15 Mar 2015, 4:58 pm)Tommy_1581 I would certainly use GNE, nice clean and bright buses.
The X32 would that go via Elephant?
Arriva North East: 7413 P413CCU Volvo Olympian/NCME by emdjt42, on Flickr
(15 Mar 2015, 5:02 pm)mb134 Yeah, from what I remember the X31 and X32 provided a 15 minute frequency, following each other on that route (current X21 route between Ashington and Bedlington Red Lion), with the X33 running every half an hour on the current X22 route to Bedlington, then the X21 route to Newcastle.
They could maybe bring back this branding, might be a bit too simple for GNE though
(15 Mar 2015, 5:02 pm)mb134 Yeah, from what I remember the X31 and X32 provided a 15 minute frequency, following each other on that route (current X21 route between Ashington and Bedlington Red Lion), with the X33 running every half an hour on the current X22 route to Bedlington, then the X21 route to Newcastle.
They could maybe bring back this branding, might be a bit too simple for GNE though
(15 Mar 2015, 5:11 pm)Tommy_1581 I remember the P-CCU Olympians.
Maybe bring some simple fares along too. It's ridiculous paying £1.50 just to go to the bus station from the Elephant.
( £6 cheaper than the current alternative)
(15 Mar 2015, 5:11 pm)Tommy_1581 I remember the P-CCU Olympians.
Maybe bring some simple fares along too. It's ridiculous paying £1.50 just to go to the bus station from the Elephant.
( £6 cheaper than the current alternative)
(15 Mar 2015, 5:04 pm)MarcTheA4 So 25-30 minutes is more direct in comparison to 10 minutes on a shuttle service. I'd hate to hear your definition of indirect....
(15 Mar 2015, 5:04 pm)MarcTheA4 So 25-30 minutes is more direct in comparison to 10 minutes on a shuttle service. I'd hate to hear your definition of indirect...
(15 Mar 2015, 5:37 pm)Robert Services that go from Wrekenton to Gateshead and their journey times:
Can't be bothered to do anymore but as can be seen above, the times between the Interchange and Wrekenton vary. If you add the X66 journey which is 10 minutes the maximum journey time from Wrekenton to Metrocentre is 34 minutes and the minimum journey time is 20 minutes.
- 56 takes 14 minutes
- X1 takes 10 minutes
- 1 takes 24 minutes
- X25 takes 11 minutes
- 28 takes 13 minutes
The current 96 takes 28 minutes to get from Metrocentre to Gateshead via its currect route. If it were to be extended to Wrekenton via the QE Hospital, i would maybe add 13 minutes onto that bringing the total route up to 41 minutes - a 21 minute difference between the quickest option listed above. I don't know if the service would be commercially viable but some people may prefer a longer journey time with no connections required as opposed to a shorter journey time with a connection which will probably add a couple of minutes anyway.
(15 Mar 2015, 5:37 pm)Robert Services that go from Wrekenton to Gateshead and their journey times:
Can't be bothered to do anymore but as can be seen above, the times between the Interchange and Wrekenton vary. If you add the X66 journey which is 10 minutes the maximum journey time from Wrekenton to Metrocentre is 34 minutes and the minimum journey time is 20 minutes.
- 56 takes 14 minutes
- X1 takes 10 minutes
- 1 takes 24 minutes
- X25 takes 11 minutes
- 28 takes 13 minutes
The current 96 takes 28 minutes to get from Metrocentre to Gateshead via its currect route. If it were to be extended to Wrekenton via the QE Hospital, i would maybe add 13 minutes onto that bringing the total route up to 41 minutes - a 21 minute difference between the quickest option listed above. I don't know if the service would be commercially viable but some people may prefer a longer journey time with no connections required as opposed to a shorter journey time with a connection which will probably add a couple of minutes anyway.
(15 Mar 2015, 6:31 pm)Davie I'm not sure about service 52 but the 51 takes around 35 minutes because it goes through Deckham, Heworth, Leam Lane estate and Springwell estate
(15 Mar 2015, 6:31 pm)Davie I'm not sure about service 52 but the 51 takes around 35 minutes because it goes through Deckham, Heworth, Leam Lane estate and Springwell estate
