(16 May 2022, 2:20 pm)Ambassador wrote Probably not worth the hassle the inevitable road chaos of the A1 works will cause to services to the detriment of passengers already on a never ending journey.
You could potentially extend the 34 to loop into Kibblesworth up Lamesley and through Durham Rd back to Ouston to keep a link to Newcastle via the 21
It's impossible to send the 34 beyond Ouston without leaving Urpeth Grange without a bus service instead or with a very poor service at least.
Imo more needs to be done with the 21, there's 6 buses an hour travelling along Durham Road though Birtley half the time carrying fresh air as it misses most the estates yet the rest of the town is unserved altogether now.
Why not split it up,
One doing the current 21 route to Brandon
The second doing the 25 route additionally serving Sanders Garden and Blackfell Avenue then the 25 route from there to CLS.
A third doing the 28 route from Birtley to Pelton then run straight into Chester Le Street every 30 minutes, heck you could drop the 34 down to hourly aswell so Urpeth Grange still has a service.
4 buses an hour via Chester le Street and Newcastle / Gateshead with the normal 21 and X21 is more than enough. Heck even send the X21 through Birtley and only serve the Morrison's stops, Windsor Road and the Coach and Horses it's only roughly a few minutes longer anyway.
(16 May 2022, 3:15 pm)Andreos1 wrote Must admit, I was thinking of a place on North Tyneside and that one jumped out. No idea why I didn't think of it properly!
How about Backworth, Marden or Forest Hall? Frantically checking to see there now. Doubting myself!
Marden, Monkseaton and Tynemouth
