(26 May 2021, 3:42 pm)atlantean560 wrote What I think everyone is forgetting in this is that the 40 service for many years terminated at walker, however if an extension into n tyneside was taken on they would need to look at reliability given the 40 is probably one of the longest cross city services other than the 22 . Speaking from experience if the 40 gets held up on say matchdays or busy shopping days, you can wait ages for a bus. I would prefer the 40 to revert back to its old walker loop with the 39. We have the Q3,12 ,40 and 22 all serving wallsend, cant see the attraction in extending to howden,unless it's a dedicated new service starting in wallsend.
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I'd say it would make the most sense to have all 12s terminate at Walker, and keep the 40 Chapel House - Wallsend. 22/40 and Q3 going Newcastle - Wallsend. A new service could run Newcastle - Howdon, and the Coaster 1 from Wallsend - Monkseaton. Arriva could start a new service from Silverlink to Newcastle via Wallsend Town Centre.
Why is Ponteland so badly served? Could better services be introduced by Stagecoach and GNE?