(15 Sep 2020, 1:11 pm)Storx wrote Probably it doesn't particularly help the numbers of some routes either.Yes and service numbers that haven't changed for decades. The Wrekenton to Newcastle via Low Fell route has been the 25, 1, 24 and 2 in the space of, I would guess, the last ten years? So I can see how it would be confusing.
2, 39, 60, 61 - Ryhope
20, 35, 55, X1 - Houghton / Hetton
21, 25, 28B - Low Fell
People might be more aware if they had some link between each other and advertised together but for someone who's never used a bus it's no wonder they're confused with the 21, 25, 28B etc especially when you bring the brands in at the same time and change them every other week. It's only really a GNE issue aswell as Stagecoach and Arriva in general have logical numbers blocked together (at least North of the Tyne).
However, when they do pull up to the stop with the destination showing Newcastle in nice big letters I don't get why then punters don't bother with it, even if the numbers change regularly and don't have a connection with the established 21.
With the numbering I suppose it is quite difficult to try and have them all tied together, for example the 28b is numbered as such to group it in with the Ouston and Pelton section of the route, so if you tried to renumber it to group in with the Low Fell services, it then loses its tie to the 28 and 28a.
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