(15 Sep 2013, 1:08 pm)W179SCU wrote I think splitting the 56 up in someway could work. It is defiantly more busy Newcastle-Concord, so maybe have a 56 Newcastle-Concord, 56A Concord--Sunderland? I highly doubt many people, if any, would use the service for the whole route.
I know the 56 was running a bit late yesterday, but there wasn't a big delay.
Splitting the 56 at Concord may also be a boost for the X36 because that would still be there if anyone was wishing to travel to Southwick and Wheatsheaf from Newcastle, so that direct link would not be lost.
If the 56 had a shorter journey, it could provide the opportunity to re-route the daytime journeys through Springwell Estate, which at present does not have a direct bus to Newcastle during the day, only the 51/52 serve it at they only terminate at Gateshead.