(11 Jun 2015, 7:49 am)Andreos1 wrote I made a suggestion a few weeks back, when first mentioning the lack of a bus from Northside into Birtley.Would be alright if a Roundabout was inserted at the Red Lion allowing Buses to turn around, seems to be quite a lot of space at the junction also, nevertheless I quite the sound of those suggestions.
This involved the X25 reducing to an hourly frequency, but an X26 being introduced at the other end of the clock.
It would follow the X25 route, but rather than operate via Portmeads, it would operate via Birtley - reinstating the link lost with the 82/82A shambles.
However, another option would be for GNE to work with Nexus, overhauling the Birtley services.
In Vigo and Barley Mow, the 23 runs more or less the same time into Birtley as the 82.
My proposal would see:
The 23 operating as is between Washington and Station Lane, via Eighton Banks etc.
It would turn left at the top of Station Lane, go along Durham Road and turn right into Sanders Gardens - working its way onto Blackfell Way and onto Northside, continuing onto Portmeads, Birtley Lane (serving Lord Lawson) and onto Harrass Bank.
This would mean the end of the TB18.
The 82/82A would operate as as circular service, on a half hourly frequency.
It would operate as it does between the Galleries and The Drive - one would turn right, continuing up Windermere and its present route to Fell Bank. It would turn right, onto Birtley Lane, operate through Birtley and then via Dorset Ave (replacing the 23).
The other, would follow the opposite direction, covering the loss of the 23 via Dorset Ave and then onto Birtley, Fell Bank etc.
Each estate in Birtley, would have a link to the Galleries and Birtley Town Centre and the duplication and gaps we see presently - removed.
RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions