(18 Nov 2013, 12:38 pm)fozzovmurton wrote Another idea...do GNE cover Newton Hall at all, been over 10 years since I lived in Fram and can't really remember the bus network around there....Was thinking, would it be feasible to re-route the 50 to go round Newton Hall housing estate...
That would open up connections to Chester-le-Street and Washington for Newton Hall and it would follow the 64 or whereever the hell Arriva goes round there
I remember Arriva used to run the Newcastle - Crook X46 around Newton Hall Estate and the passengers boarding there were certainly not great in number, so I'm not convinced that would work. Newton Hall is affluent and has a high level of car ownership as well.