(15 Aug 2018, 10:01 pm)S830OFT wrote Suggestion:
Route N1 'The Northern Direct'
Alnwick - Willowburn - Shilbottle - A1 - Morpeth - Stannington - Dinnington - Newcastle Airport - Newcastle St. Thomas Street - Central Station.
This service will replace service S1/S2 in Stannington, it will reinstate the link to Newcastle, it will allow links to Train and Flight Connections by serving Newcastle Airport and Central Station. Also will allow more choice for passengers, in particular Alnwick to Morpeth as the current X15 is always delayed for various reasons.
No demand for running services to Newcastle Airport. Just look at the existing services which run there, nobody uses them as they'd rather get the Metro or drive as it's more convenient.
And there is really no point running in competition with Arriva, that service won't be self-sustainable, and will rely on Council subsidies from other services to prop it up.