(15 Apr 2022, 9:17 pm)MurdnunoC wrote And in 1983 you had:
306 (Newcastle - Tynemouth) - 4bph
308 (Newcastle - Blyth) - 4bph
309 (Newcastle - Blyth) - 1bph
A total of 9 buses per hour.
The same frequency can be applied to 1984, 1985 and 1986.
This is a snapshot of four-year period where 'partnerships' were in place by virtue of the Tyne and Wear Public Transport Executive, and bus patronage was considerably more than it is today.
A partnership will result in less buses, no-more than 10 per hour by my estimation, tootling along the Coast Road because, as competition subsides, the duplication of routes will stop.
There is absolutely no need for 17 buses per hour along the Coast Road between Newcastle and Northam Road.
Can't see it happening personally. Partnerships will only work where it benefits the operators. No chance will you be able to tell GNE to shut down Percy Main as it's what they effectively need to do to sort the Coast Road mess out (there's no need for the 309/311 at all really and similar things should could be said about the 1 aswell) and there's no way that Arriva will give up the 306 and 308 either to GNE as why should they, they've been their routes since year dot. Can see it being a big problem area with the partnership personally, the fact they're both not dropping the frequency now when let's be honest there's way too many buses down there but everywhere else they're getting cut nilly willy shows there's resistance.
Personally all I think we will see is them choosing who has what route with GNE serving High Farm and Battle Hill and Arriva doing Selby Gardens and direct along the Coast Road omitting Battle Hill. Frequency between them who knows.
(15 Apr 2022, 9:45 pm)L469 YVK wrote Do you mean Station Road?
Yeah, until the wider network is reviewed with perhaps more local areas getting better connected to nearest Metro stations instead, reducing to 12x per hour would be a start meaning a bus every 5 minutes between Newcastle and Station Road.......then a bus every 10 minutes to High Farm & Battle Hill or a bus every 10 minutes to St Peter's, Willington Square, Silverlink, Norham Road and Billy Mill.
I do like the way you've restructured the 19/57/57A/58, seems far more logical too!
Is the 26/27 (correct me if wrong) basically a re-hash of the old 303/304? I like that idea too!
Just has a look, it does seem to be actually bar it serves Murton aswell. There's been so many number changes on that route I've lost track with it.