(08 Aug 2021, 4:32 pm)Storx wrote In fairness I was talking about the rest of the network rather than the Coast Road. The Streetlites on the 1 which has been just been dropped to every 20 minutes for example and the rest of the network which is ran by GCT in the evening (when they bother to run that is). If Arriva if we're actually in the mood to take routes they could easily extend all the 306's through with brand new buses and really hit the 1 hard on the Coast especially with all the connections Arriva offer at Whitley to everywhere. Obviously that won't be happening though. Stagecoach have already hit hard the rest of the route with the 22 extensionTo be fair, I think the allocation of Volvo B5LHs on the Coaster was just to stick them on another route rather than there actually being a need for deckers (except Mouth of Tyne or Metro disruption). But even for MOT, spare B9TLs could be allocated on Sundays when not needed on the 309/310/311.
306 is an interesting one. Personal opinion, they're only running down there to maintain a Marden-Newcastle link. That could easily be served by a revised 51A also replacing the 359.