(14 Aug 2013, 3:21 pm)gtomlinson wrote On the Consultations
The last Gateshead one.
For the X21 the 3 most requested stops were Low Fell Town Centre, Harlow Green and Birtley Station Lane. None of these are served.
1/3 of people wanted Pilgrim Street as a terminus as it was more convenient. Buses serve Eldon Square
52% were in favour of low floor single deck buses on the X21. Pronto is operated by double deck services.
60% of people thought it was a good idea to simplify fares to offer better value tickets - Angel Saver price rose.
81% of people DIDN'T CARE about the plans to shorten the Coaster Route and terminate it at Gateshead, but apparently they do now
Kibblesworth customers wanted more important links to Gateshead and Newcastle. Birtley and Chester Le Street were not important. - Waggonway diverted through Kibblesworth.
41% were against a Waggonway diversion to Kibblesworth - Waggonway serves Kibblesworth
Four key themes came out, one was
'Concerns over reliability and increased journey times on service 28A' - Since the changes the Waggonway is arguably GNE's most unreliable service (most likely due to stock)
hahaha, love it!
I picked up on the Chester/Birtley thing and mentioned as much in the bus suggestion thread - with them forcing a Chester service onto Kibby again.
The rest, well its just shambolic. Why bother coming up with the questions and go to the expense of getting these opinions and then ignore it?
It is also interesting to see the comments about residents not seeing the latest survey.
After paying for the the printing, are GNE staff delivering it or are they going to the expense of hiring a distributor?
Serious questions need asking, if residents aren't getting it posted through their doors nor passengers having any input on the services they use.