(07 May 2015, 8:07 am)MrFozz wrote New 238
Seaham-Station Road-Mill Inn-Seaton Lane-Houghton-A690-West Rainton-Carville-Belmont-Gilesgate-Durham
Modified 265
Same Durham-Murton Station...
Station Road-Barnes Road-Webb Avenue-Burnip Road-Cornwall Estate - Woods Terrace - Dalton Park-Deneside-The Avenue-Seaham
238 and 265 would interwork, also interworking with the 204/208 out of Durham
Modified 202
As Is...Only send it over to Wembley(East Moor Estate)
New 203
Houghton-Hetton-Murton Station Estate - Woods Terrace-Dalton Park-Easington Village-Peterlee
New 60A
Dalton Park-Fox Cover-Byron Place-Dene House Road-Seaham Coast Road-Toll Bar-Grangetown-Sunderland
The 60A would be half hourly, it would see a decrease on the 60, every 15 mins, but it would be every 10 minutes combined at Byron Place...
New X89
Murton Station-Woods Terrace-Dalton Park-A19-The Galleries-Metrocentre-Eldon Square
Start it off as a commuter service with a couple of peak time runs during the day, and have it compliment the X88 on weekends between The Galleries and The Metrocentre
New X78
Consett-Stanley-Chester-le-Fencehouses-Houghton-Hetton-Murton-Dalton Park-A19-Ryhope-Grangetown-Sunderland
This would come under the coast and country brand
New X8
Sunderland-Grangetown-Ryhope-Deneside-Dalton Park-Peterlee-Billingham-Middlesbrough
This would compliment the WTX Brand
The idea for 60A, X8, X78, X89, would be in my mind, 12-18 months away in my mind, I am thinking about when Phase 2 is completed at DP...
My X78 idea verges on me suffering with Double M disorder
I cant see the demand there when phase 2 opens, its more catered for people with cars, Morrisons would be more traffic by car than on foot and it will be mostly locals that would go to Morrisons if their use the public transport of GNE 61 service. Cant see passengers from Newcastle and Gateshead going to Dalton Park to shop at morrisons
new Hotel: l cant see majority of their guests coming by bus.
new morrisons: more catered for cars etc...
new cinema: their are local transport links, probably must will arrive by taxi, parents taxi lol or car ownership etc...
new KFC: yes I be going their by car, saves me trailing all the way to Belmont for my bucket of chicken
your new 238 its mostly 2 existing GNE bus services with service 20 on a high frequency on part of the section of route.
your new 60A, passengers from seaham can get service 60 then service 61 from the main road at Seaham.
I wouldn't like to do the full route on your X78 suggestion, it will be morning when you leave Consett and night time when you get to Sunderland lol.
After the phase 2 completion GNE said that will look to see what the demand is like, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
I be waiting for phase 3 to finish so I can take the murton bypass road, the tarmac roads in murton is terrible, thought the car was going to get swallowed up by a hole lol.
Is their a demand for a express service from Murton to Gateshead and Newcastle, just passengers can travel on the 202/265 then jump on service X1 where it meets service 202/265.
GNE might put on the 202 back on evenings and sundays if the trade picks up after phase 2 with children etc.. going to the cinema.
don't take offence on my post, just I live in the East Durham area and want GNE to branch out more but theres not much their can branch out to to make a profit and there not going to take on Arriva routes unless their want a backwash from Arriva.