(23 May 2022, 4:27 pm)Unber43 wrote Would the 50 going standalone.
With the 24 Being every 15 mins so you could do
24 > 5 > 5 > 24
24 > 26 > 26 > 24
So then they perfectly connect with the 5 & 26.
Without getting too much into hypotheticals, I had wondered if the new 50 route - which I’m assuming will now take longer due to the diversions around Washington - meant that it would go standalone. I spoke previously about how it seems like the 50 could do with a full decker allocation whereas it wasn’t needed for the 26.
I don’t know if anyone from the South Tyneside area can shed more light, but the 5 and 26 changes just seemed to me like perhaps a change to accommodate interworking patterns or maybe balance timings? So could be right about the new 24.
(23 May 2022, 8:57 pm)Andreos1 wrote I was going to post in a thread that I thought existed. It was about unbalanced services or poor headway.
Couldn't find it but as it is relevant to this thread too - thought I'd post it here instead.
There's been comment about the poor headway between services at certain locations. What's that saying about waiting for a bus and then two come along together?
Anyway, I started looking at one or two of the timetables relating to services that are 'potentially' being culled in July.
I've previously mentioned the small section of Portobello Road in Birtley that has the 25 and 82 more or less running in pairs during both the daytime and also the evening timetables.
The 82 also runs in the shadow of the 50 and 2 in Washington.
Rather than look at all four services and the headway between them, they're getting rid of two of them.
Ive just checked out the 28 and 78 timetable westbound from Chester and eastbound in to Chester. Specifically around the Grange Villa/Pelton Fell areas.
It goes without saying, that it's going to be pretty hard fitting in an hourly service in amongst a service that runs twice an hour.
Rather than see what happens now the 78 is being sent back to its original route via Pelaw Bank - it seems they're taking the easy option and getting rid of the 28.
The 28 also ran in competition with the B1 for a chunk of last year. Wonder if that had any impact?
Then there's the 55. Rumoured to have faced the axe not too long ago, poor planning saw it sneaking behind the X1 on the southern portion of its route.
A quick fix fairly recently, saw the headway evened out slightly. But again, despite that fix and there being no time to evaluate - it's rumoured to be going again.
Don't forget, the Peterlee - Durham services haven't long seen the axe too. Damaged due to the unbalanced timetables versus the X35 perhaps?
It's not just me is it? Is it just a coincidence that poor planning has resulted in potential for these services to be removed? Villages cut off and people potentially isolated because of the total lack of joined up thinking?
Incompetence or deliberately making these decisions? Not sure we will definitely know the answer as to why these things happen. We can just judge and form opinions.
I'd love to know the sign-off and approval process though.
Makes you wonder if it’s incompetence or just the case of killing off certain services to push through the ideas they ‘think’ will work. It’s been discussed on here about the sheer intent GNE had to extend the 20 to South Shields over the 35. Pushed back in consultations but then went ahead anyways.
Do the people of South Hetton want connections to Washington and Newcastle? Or would they rather have buses to Doxford International, Sunderland College and Park Lane Interchange? Whilst I’m sure a bus to Newcastle is welcomed, but at the expense of buses to Sunderland? Sunderland is closer than Newcastle and I’d argue there’s more people working/studying in Sunderland over Newcastle.