(11 Jul 2020, 9:24 pm)Wybus wrote Seems a good way to solve two problems at once, GNE reducing their expenditure this year and Oxford finding a use for the surplus Coaches. It is basically a win win, many here have wanted coaches on the X9/X10 for years.
Where it stops in Newcastle will be interesting, if it isn’t serving Eldon Square then is there any point in going all the way up there, so maybe they will use the Market Street sort of area instead. I’m not sure they’d be able to make the left turn into Bigg Market though.
As others have said, that bottom end of Newcastle is missing a bus station, it’s a shame they couldn’t have incorporated one into the development work that is currently going on. Services like the 56 could have used it along with others not having to make the trek up to Eldon Square
I mean, if we take what Dan said at face value 'The removal of the X9/X10 services from Eldon Square Bus Station will be the only change to the route', then the new starting point has to be somewhere already along the route.
It needs to be somewhere that is easily accessible from Eldon Square, as they'll want easy connections to other services. I guess they'd also want somewhere that's covered as they wouldn't want passengers of a 'premium' service standing out in the rain. It needs to be somewhere big enough to stop a coach without causing too much of an obstruction. I don't really know central Newcastle that well, is there anywhere that would fit all that?