(22 Dec 2019, 12:11 pm)Storx wrote No way would they reduce the frequency of the 309. That and the 308 are by the far the busiest 2 buses along the coast road plus it would be ridiculous having a bus route branded Cobalt + Coast where 3 / 9 buses actually serve Cobalt or the Coast. It wouldn't surprise me if the 311 is badly run so it's delibrately dead so they can get arid of it all together. The 58 the majority of the time is dead along there now anyway as there's too many buses for demand 28 / 51 / 52 / 58 (311) / 306 / 308 / 309 / 310 / X39 (Peaks) / X6 (Peaks)

So if the 57 is dead most of the time, then why not reduce the frequency of the 309, so that there are fewer overall services per hour? The 57 sits on top of the others at the moment, so providing an even headway on 309, 310 and 311 should spread Coast Road customers out between buses a bit better.

Not sure I’d agree with the comments suggesting that each and every bus is full. If anything, I’d say most buses on the Coast Road are lightly loaded because between Arriva and Go North East, both operators have flooded the market.


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