(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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Well going by your thoughts, I've worked this out too that on a 20 minute frequency for all three services, the PVR would be 16 with the 309 and 310 interworking as shown below:

309/310 (PVR 13):
- North Shields (310): 00:56
- Newcastle (310): 01:43
- Newcastle (309): 01:50
- Blyth (309): 02:54
- Blyth (309): 03:07
- Newcastle (309): 04:16
- Newcastle (310): 04:23
- North Shields (310): 05:06

Therefore, the 309 / 310 could reliably interwork again with decent layover times at all terminus points. The 311 could then just operate Hadrian Park to Newcastle with a PVR of 3x with driver changeovers taking place in Hadrian Park.