(24 Oct 2018, 10:52 am)Dan wrote There is already a huge amount of buses from Newcastle City Centre to the Metrocentre - twelve per hour just between the Go North East Tyne Valley Ten and Red Kite group of services alone.My arguement with that though is why should places like gateshead and stanley get to benefit from direct links to the metrocentre whilst north tyneside has 1,the blue arrow,yeah fair enough its ok if you have the money to buy a multiple zone tickect or have a pass,whilst other passengers have to suffer,tbh after the shambles of the 2016 north tyneside changes some places have become ridiculous to get to,Forest Hall,Killingworth etc lost the direct link to to coast completely,after arriva pulled service 53A we still had the 17,then 2016 came along and GNE pulled service 17,so now residents of those areas now have to swap on multiple buses,then theres the fairs on the 11,more expensive to travel a shorter distance between East Howdon and Wallsend,sorry but it simply isnt good enough
I don't think there's really much potential in any extra services going there, especially when online shopping etc is on the rise.
It's not particularly difficult to change from one bus to another on such a frequent corridor, even if anyone wanting to make use of this link would have to cross the road from Haymarket to Eldon Square.
RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
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