(15 Sep 2013, 12:02 pm)big mac wrote Does the 57 really need to be every 15 minutes, because a lot of its route has another frequent bus service duplicating it? You've got the 56 along Old Durham Road every ten minutes, and the 58 every ten minutes around Leam Lane Estate and Fewster Square. The only place where the 57 is the only choice for passengers is Sundew Road in Beacon Lough, where I think a frequency of every 20 mins is acceptable.
In my opinion, I think it could be beneficial.
You're talking about the 56, but from my experience, most people board at Newcastle and Gateshead and then start alighting at the Queen Elizabeth and Beacon Lough East, rather than Old Durham Road itself. Also, with smaller buses coming to the 58, it will ease pressure on the very busy section between Fewster Square and the Whitehills Estate.