(15 Jun 2022, 5:11 pm)Thomas12 wrote This is genuinely not instead to be a flippant or abrupt response so please don’t view it in that way.
Where do you think these people would prefer buses to?
You’d hope that if the tenders are only for 1 year, prior to the tenders next year they would conducted a consultation to find out as they would have more time to prepare.
Personally I wish they'd attempt to do the old GNE X32 route but serving all stops additionally serving all villages between Beamish and Pelton and additionally going through Kibblesworth instead of the actual 29.
It would open a new link between Stanley and Gateshead and also Newcastle and Team Valley. It's absolutely ridiculous there's no bus service between the two during the day with the second 28 also running to Stanley instead of CLS as it's just duplicating other areas and would open links from Birtley, Wrekenton and the QE to Stanley.
For the other part of the 28. I'd extend the 71 to Quaking Houses via this route as it's too hard to explain - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Chester-...97!1m0!3e0
Then withdrawn the 30 and 31 in the process, short services like that are useless and it gives new links from Stanley and Beamish to Houghton and Seaham (if anyone actually needs it but it's there).