RE: Go North East: Service Suggestions v2
(12 Oct 2021, 6:35 pm)Storx wrote I don't know the history of Houghton to Seaham but I'd be surprised if that bit nowadays at least isn't important if not more so that the Chester to Houghton end which is mostly Nexus territory. It's the only bus in Dene Estate and Seaton and would leave communities without a bus service at all, the other end is all served by buses even known it means changing buses.
You could do like a 60A, which would be seperate to the current Version - Parkside, Princess Road, Seaham, Seaton - Houghton - Sunderland College - Sunderland.
(12 Oct 2021, 5:15 pm)User2613 wrote Could a 4a type route work? I was thinking normal route heworth to the galleries then out of Washington running via lambton, harraton (sycamore avenue) and rickelton to Chester then the 71 route to Houghton. Journey time would be 70 minutes each way so a PVR of 5 with a 30 minute frequency.
The 8 could then be rerouted to be sped up between the galleries and Chester and potentially mean the timing of the 78 and 8 could be made more even rather than running from common areas a few minutes apart like now.
The 71 could also be withdrawn.
8/78 should be kept 15 mins apart from each other most time, not as bad timing as X6/62.
