(03 Dec 2021, 7:18 pm)Storx wrote I know I've mentioned it on here before but once Downhill and IAMP are complete I'd route both the X24 and X34 along Follingsby Lane. It has potential of being an absolute gold mine. Providing a 15 minute service between Nissan / IAMP / Follingsby and Newcastle and every 30 minutes to .Sunderland / parts of South Shields It has the benefit of being the opposite flow at the peaks ie away from Newcastle in the morning into Newcastle in the evening.Are the remnants of Downhill Lane even capable of handling bus traffic? Follingsby Lane is little better than a farm road.
There's definitely demand since the 4 has extra buses on now and both are very poorly connected (Nissan towards Newcastle and Amazon towards Sunderland).
At the same time I'd trial an hourly evening and Sunday service on the X34 for a cushion for the slightly extended route.
Washington is just out of area and pointless competition against the numerous buses already existi
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