(30 Aug 2021, 8:28 pm)V514DFT wrote I always thought that the problem was that the 42/A was always not far behind the 40 or 41,so now the 42/A is no longer an issue i'd revert the 41 back to its pre March 2020 route,the 40 going 1 way and the 41 doing the other,but maybe just drop them both to every half an hour,including the Wallsend-Hadrian Park section,tbh does the 41 really NEED to be every 15 mins when the 311 shares the same route as the 41 from the Coast Road?
Not sure tbh on numbers.
See personally I'd just extend the Q3 every 15/30 minutes depending on what's actually needed since they're bigger buses to Hadrian Park and then extend the 42/42A to Howdon one going one way, the other going the other way round.
Creates new links to places and removes the 41 altogether and shouldn't affect the PVR's at all but I'm not sure on driver hours etc. It's also less dead running swapping drivers in Wallsend for the 41/42/42A with it now just being once service at Howdon which is quite close to Percy Main.