(07 Jan 2022, 9:46 pm)Economic505 wrote Your ideas are quite entertaining, if not a little self centred. I d like bus to leave Hartlepool on a Saturday morning , at regular intervals, to take me direct to Sunderland. It must not stop at any place in between (except Ryhope, to pick my mate up). I d like it to call at Greggs, a few pubs in town, then direct to the SoL. Then , after 1930, I d like a regular service, at taxi speed, to return me to Hartlepool. I d ask GNE to run this service, but if they did, they’d feck around with it so many times , thst walking it would be more reliable!! ?.
All I'm saying is places in close proximity should have a service linking them. For example the Stagecoach 71 from Slatyford to Westerhope and onto Throckley or likewise the 72 to Chapel House doesn't involve a trip into Newcastle whereas to Blaydon it does, despite being little further than Scotswood which has the direct 6 and 7. For me and whoever else uses GNE tickets in Stagecoach territory because they cover the most areas it means walking or waiting for a less frequent service.
Personally I care about everyone, and think convenient travel is vital (who drives from Westerhope to Newcastle onto to Blaydon to just get to Blaydon?). Gateshead is popular and serviced can operate either side of Blaydon through Gateshead into Durham.