(22 Apr 2021, 1:35 am)Micheal Aaron Parker wrote I'd love to see this.
48 Airport to Northumberland Park via Dinnington, Brunswick, Wideopen, Seaton Burn, Dudley, Northumberland Business Park, Annitsford, Killingworth, Backworth then into Northumberland Park
I think this would be a good addition for a few reasons.
Number one it gives a 30 minutes service between this and the 42A between Dinnington and Killingworth
Number two. I think it would profit with serving the Northumberland Business Park
Number 3 it would give people a better connection after Killingworth to get to Northumberland Park as the closest service there is the 54 and a quicker link to the metro
Not sure there'd be much demand between Killingworth and Northumberland Park like. Can't see many people wanting to use the Metro towards the coast as most places are served by direct buses (Whitley 53 / Shields 54) and then people wanting it towards Sunderland etc will just use the 62/63 every 7.5 minutes towards Four Lane Ends or 52/54 every 15 minutes.
I know it doesn't serve Annitsford where you live but if you wanted another service between Dinnington and Killingworth I'd do something like this https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.03559...0?hl=en-US and give an actual sensible route between 2 places; you might even pick a few passengers from Wideopen going to Morrisons and it's another bus service for the 2 large housing estates being built at Gosforth Park which only have the X7/X8 atm rather than a meander up Dudley and through Annitsford etc.