For North Tyneside, would this not be a good idea:
- All Cobalt Clipper services running with a PVR of 16 Monday to Saturday with no extra buses thrown in at all. No X39's (bar one in the afternoon) would be provided by either the 309 / 310 but the 310 during the PM peak could provide some extra 309's through Cobalt Park like now. Evening services increased to every 30 minutes and Sunday daytime frequency unchanged but during Bank Holidays (Compensatory Christmas Day's, Boxing Days and New Years Days that fall during the week, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Mayday, Whitsun and Princess of Wales), both services would run every 20 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes during the evenings.
- Service X39 bar 1 journey would fall under the Coaster brand.
- Coaster PVR increased to 17 with new service X38 introduced. All Gateshead journeys would continue from Whitley Bay HSBC to Newcastle via the 308 route to Billy Mill then limited stop to Newcastle Haymarket only calling at Norham Road and Willington Square. Buses would run every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime. Buses in Whitley Bay would terminate at Park Avenue before heading back to Gateshead as Coaster 1 from York Road. Also, through fares would be accepted between Marden and Newcastle providing competition with Service 306.
* With reference to the above, all morning eastbound journeys Monday to Friday until about 8:30-9:00 would run as Service X39 between Newcastle and Cobalt before re-joining the Coaster board back in Whitley Bay. Also, the last journey from Whitley Bay to Newcastle would be at around 15:45 - 16:00 and the other 2 buses would operate from Whitley Bay to Cobalt to operate Service X39 between Cobalt and Newcastle.
RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions