(30 Mar 2017, 12:26 am)GX03 wrote I don't see why burnhopfield needs so many buses, surely the V7 could run via the Hobson. Maybe run the 46 via medomsley edge and medomsley bank rejoining the route at hagg farm, extend the 47 from Blackhall Mill via the V9 route, with the 46 replacing the X71 through Medomsley. Have the X70 run every 30 mins on a limited stop rather than every stop between Consett and Lobley Hill.
You can't easily fit anything longer a solo around the hospital, I think the council and the hospital would be jubious if a full sized bus was allocated.
I think the 6 (or a varient) should run via hobson.
How on earth do you get from bridgehill to medomsley, also on the 46?
As I previously said, the X70/X71 pick up and drop off a hell of a lot of passengers in the morning. I'm fairly sure the X71 is contracted through hamsterly mill to lintz, but even if it isn't - it's a link that hasn't been broken for near decades, and it's healthy. There is no reason to run a limited stop service from consett. During the day they are empty enough as they are, without omitting stops.