(16 May 2022, 8:25 pm)Storx wrote Weird one isn't it.If Follingsby Lane was usable for bigger vehicles then I think the X24 would a good candidate to go that way, probably at the expense of Gateshead as i doubt it would have enough time with the number of buses they use. But then that would open all of the Stagecoach Newcastle and Sunderland network within 1 change of getting to Amazon.
The thing is though Newcastle is the wrong place. Most people going to Follingsby will be no doubt closer to a Metro station than Newcastle and someone travelling say from North Shields will never use a bus as it's the wrong way.
There's also no demand for a quick bus to Sunderland from Newcastle (the Metro does that) and no reason for links to the A690 in both directions. Doxford is one of those places you'll never solve unless you tax car parking charges as it's not commerically viable to have bus links as everyone will come from different directions, the majority not from Newcastle and the parking is free. It's not unique; Cobalt, Quorum and Rainton are the same, not to mention they are the places which are affected by WFH.
Sunderland to Follingsby maybe has demand but the X24 which already exists would be the better route to reroute.
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