(14 Apr 2022, 7:20 pm)omnicity4659 wrote I think it's getting to a point where the majority of South East Northumberland would benefit from DRT. The likes of Cambois, Linton, Hepscott and Stannington obviously have very poor connectivity, then there's huge estates in Cramlington, Morpeth, Blyth and Ashington that have no service whatsoever. I've tried planning routes from the newest Ashington and Bedlington estates but it's difficult without running more vehicles or inconveniencing others by looping around estates for 5 minutes.
A DRT service in South East Northumberland could also ease pressure from a lot of the core routes, too.
Yeah agreed tbh, especially if the railway lines open aswell as they're not really in the best place to connect with buses, Bebside in particular and trying to build buses to interwork with that without going on a magical mystery tour is going to be very difficult. Similar to lack of links like Guide Post to Bedlington Station which aren't easy to fix.
North Tyneside and parts of Eastern Newcastle would be useful really being part of it aswell imo as it could replace the likes of the W1, W2, 18, 19, 58, 317, 335 and 342 aswell. The amount blown on most of them, you'd be well on the way to having the DRT system in place anyway.
(14 Apr 2022, 8:10 pm)mb134 wrote I'd imagine that once the estate being built next to Wansbeck Hospital is fully completed, it would be easy enough to figure out how to loop a 1 around there within the current PVR?
In fairness there's large chunks of Ashington that doesn't have a bus service atm and never really has had one even known the houses have been there for over 20 years:
- Blackthorn Way and surrounding areas
- Nursery Park
- Cotswalds Drive
- North Seaton Ind. Estate
- Housing Estate near the Rugby Ground
- Wansbeck Road
Just to name a few. Seems quite tight to be adding extensions to the 1 aswell unless it's just the short boards then you've got a problem it's an hourly service and it's too infrequent.