(01 Oct 2013, 2:58 pm)Andreos1 wrote Forgetting about the duplication between Newcastle and the Metrocentre or where it should go around Newcastle - is there demand for it to stop (to pick up passengers) at Haymarket or space for it to call at Eldon Square?
If it stops at Haymarket - it is missing out on an established passenger base waiting in Eldon Square for a 'Metrocentre bus'.
If it goes to Eldon Square, which stand would it use? (bearing in mind the frequency of the existing services that stop there and my comments about passengers waiting for a 'Metrocentre bus').
I'm not having a go or dismissing any of the ideas, just throwing a couple of points to think about.
I definitely think the "Passenger Demand" for an Hourly Xpress is there for a link to the Metrocentre from Whitley Bay/North Shields and I think if it was to serve Haymarket it would be missing out on the established passenger base waiting in Eldon Square and it otherwise be unsuccesful, as for what Stand it would stop on, I'm sure it could easily fit in somewhere.