(07 Dec 2020, 6:11 pm)L469 YVK wrote With smart ticketing on the horizon although early days, could they not introduce a "capped fare" from Hadrian Park on the 41 and then allow passengers to continue from Battle Hill using the 309 & 310? Obviously diverting evening 310 journeys via Hadrian Park would make sense for ease of use as well as the due to the evening 41 journeys being run by another operator.

Would people do it though but then again is anyone using it in the first place, most people could easily walk even known it's 15 minutes probably easier than the change.

(07 Dec 2020, 6:17 pm)Malarkey wrote It's always struggled and I think the fact that it follows the same route as 40/41/310 & 335 does not help it at all as it literally carries fresh air, Personally i'd withdraw the service or merge it with other services to make it more sustainable to operate as I think extending it from Hadrian Park towards North Shields for example would be a risk that may not pay off.

It's a funny place Hadrian Park, it's got a lot of buses really compared to other areas around there like Rosehill which doesn't have a bus service at all, almost too many for the size of the place but it would be sad for them to lose the Newcastle route. Be hard to merge it with others though as it's such a diversion from anywhere almost 8 mins by the look of it. Could always try and extend the short 41's to Newcastle as some of express 1 running direct along the A193, then non-stop from Byker to Newcastle; not sure if it would be popular though.

Least then when it doesn't work, you just get arid of it from Wallsend to Newcastle again and no-one moans.