(17 Mar 2022, 10:30 pm)Storx wrote The biggest problem with North Tyneside is it's so fragmented. Right now there's Arriva, GNE, Stagecoach, GCT and the Metro (soon add Phoenix aswell) and there's absolutely no sensible ticketing to use in between them for the odd journey so it gets expensive fast. Not to mention Network One tickets are horribly advertised and some operators are terrible (GCT).[Not just fragmented, but stuck in the past, with the traditional town - city centre routes persisting, despite the populations shopping and work habits changing.
It doesn't help that the profitable Stagecoach routes all end in Wallsend and then GNE pick up the rumps to the East from there either. In an ideal world the likes of the 317 would extend onto the 40 or 41 would extend onto the 12 (similar to the 62/63 in Westerhope for example) but it'll never happen when there's two operators. The 22 being a prime example of something useful happening and giving Howdon direct services through.
They're as stuck in their ways as my posts.