(16 Jul 2016, 8:37 pm)Malarkey wrote Which is a shame, as from Washington you only have the 37 once an hour, otherwise you have to either go to Sunderland or Houghton-le-Spring and then jump on the X35 to get there.
Similar situation for us in South Tyneside, Our only direct connection to ANY Business Park in Tyne and Wear is the once daily GNE 960 to Waterview Park.
We did have the short lived 939 to Cobalt but that finished literally after it just started.
(16 Jul 2016, 8:44 pm)Andreos1 wrote It wasn't that long ago that Washington were sending the X3 (or variation of the X94) through there. It was the Fencehouses express anyway and it terminated at Ryhope Green.
It offered a combined 30 min frequency with the X35 and carried fresh air during the day.
I certainly think a peak service is called for, not sure about all day.
Not specific to this service, But ANE used to send a Pulsar up to Doxford from Eldon Sqaure on a Peak Time Service up to there, With the return in the evening.
Forgot what the number is, But I remember it having a X prefix before the number.
(16 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm)L469 YVK wrote
http://cobaltpark.co.uk/articles/cobaltc...-the-world
Bar some brief input from NCC when the journey getting into Cobalt before 7am from Blyth was briefly withdrawn in 2013, GNE don't seem to have got any funding for the Cobalt Clipper services since 2010 from Cobalt Park, partly down to the reason why the Cobalt Clipper brand was amalgamated into the Battle Hill Drive corridor with the Centurion brand being cleared followed by a revised North Shields - Newcastle service in the form of the 310.
I think the 19 (R19 in former guise) has had some good funding but in around 2009/10 similar to the time when GNE cleaned up the Centurion / Cobalt Clipper brands and merged them under one brand, the funding was cut for the 19. I don't know whether or not it was ever eventually fully cut although NCC has had some input over recent years with the 19.
Ironically about the first note though, GNE did eventually add an additional journey departing Blyth at around 6:30 back in September 2014 (a year later) which was the same time when the frequency increase happened between Blyth and Whitley Bay.
I think GNE still have some sort of Partnership with Cobalt regardless of how much funding they provide, Cobalt branding is visible on most/all GNE services that pass through there.
Arriva used/still have a similar partnership with Qurom, Though I don't know If that still exists as other operators have creeped into there. ( Stagecoach Etc )
