(24 Oct 2017, 10:38 pm)S830OFT wrote Some Suggestions for Stagecoach North East services:
Teeside:
*NEW* X36: Middlesbrough - Teeside Park - Stockton High Street - Billingham - A19 - Dalton Park - Gateshead High Street - Newcastle Pilgrim Street.
This service will operate hourly Monday to Saturday. It will follow the exact same route as the Sunday X10 to Billingham (but calling into Teeside Park) then non-stop to Dalton Park and onto Newcastle via Gateshead. This service will allow the withdrawl of service X55.
Sunderland:
4: Doxford Park - East Herrington - Barnes - Sunderland City Centre - Southwick - Downhill - Boldon Asda.
This service will be extended to Boldon Asda allowing customers to have access to services 30 and X34. Frequency changed to every 15 mins MON - SAT daytimes.
8: South Hylton - Broadway - Royal Hospital - Sunderland City Centre - Roker Park - Seaburn.
This service will be extended to Seaburn replacing service 18. This will have some new benefits, one is a increased frequency of every 30 minutes between Sunderland and Seaburn on this section of route, also a new Cross City Route.
18: Withdrawn - Replaced by New 24 service.
23: Grindon - Thorney Close - Barnes - Sunderland City Centre - Monkwearmouth - Seaburn Metro - Dene Estate - Seaburn Morrisons.
This service will have a frequency change to every 20 minutes, following new service 24. This service will be extended to Grindon from Thorney Close following the withdrawl of service 18. Also, it will operate both sections of route in Dene Estate, but terminating at Seaburn Morrisons.
*NEW* 24: Gilley Law (Lakeside Village) - Thorney Close - Durham Road Shops - Barnes - Royal Hospital - Pallion - Southwick - Fullwell The Grange - Seaburn Metro - Sea Road - Seaburn Morrisons.
This service will operate every 30 minutes between Gilley Law and Seaburn Morrisons, it will serve Thorney Close first before Durham Road Shops. It will operate the old 18 Route towards Royal Hospital via the Barnes, then operate the current 18 Route towards Seaburn Morrisons.
*NEW* 10A: Grangetown - Ashbrooke - Barnes - Durham Road Shops - Thorney Close - GrIndon - Pennywell.
This service will operate 1 journey each way on School Days Only, this service will replace service 18A to improve punctuality.
That's my suggestions of changes.
(24 Oct 2017, 10:58 pm)James101 wrote Why does every suggestion RE the X55 forget Hartlepool exists? It's perhaps not pretty but there is approx. 92'000 people there, which sizes it larger than Washington and only slightly smaller than Darlington.
As the current X55 timetable seems to be aimed mainly at south west Hartlepool with only the first and last journeys continuing to / from Stockton. A new X36 wouldn't really serve the same area so I'm a little unsure of how it could be deemed a direct replacement. Also noted is Stagecoaches decision to operate the X55 non-stop between ASDA and the A179 / A19 junction, completely missing out the northern half of Hartlepool. I imagine this is to avoid conflict with GNE's X5 / X9 connections at Peterlee. If this is the case, an X36 would be very unlikely as it would be in near direct competition with the X10!