(22 Dec 2019, 1:17 pm)Dan wrote 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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Guess this confirms it is going every 20 minutes but I'd personally just see the 309 being a more core service as it's more than a Coast Road service with Cobalt / Whitley / Blyth and the same with the 310 having Meadowell and North Shields whereas the 57 (not 58 sorry) / 311 is just the Coast Road mainly and doesn't really serve anything extra so is just duplicating the other 2 for most the route apart from Hadrian Park.
Just seems a strange move to be more infrequent than the 306 and 308 but obviously I don't know the numbers and where the customers are coming from but I'd assume it's not between Blyth to Whitley as it's way over saturated having a 5/7 minute service to Newcastle and Blyth and I'd thought they'd struggle from Cobalt at peak times especially with the new Sage opening soon.
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