(21 Jun 2022, 2:52 pm)busmanT wrote Coaster 1
• We consulted on extending this service to Eighton Banks, to partially replace service 25.
• Following analysis of our customer consultation responses, we engaged in further discussions with local authorities.
• There will now be no changes to service 25 between Eighton Banks and Newcastle, and as such the route of service 1 will remain unchanged.
This implies that the 25 remains 2 per hour Eighton Banks to Newcastle. Perhaps one bus per hour Newcastle to Eighton Banks (the one that would have been the extension on service 1) and one bus per hour Newcastle to Chester-le-Street.
Presumably it means that there will be no changes to the route.
Where it matters most, it very clearly states that the 25 will operate an hourly frequency throughout, on the section for service 25. See bit in red below:
Service 25
- We proposed, due to low passenger numbers, that this service would be revised to operate hourly on Monday to Saturday daytimes between Newcastle, Harlow Green and Eighton Banks only, and revised to operate as Coaster service 1.
- Following analysis of our customer consultation responses, we engaged in further discussions with local authorities.
- Following discussions with local authorities, we are pleased to confirm that service 25 will no longer be withdrawn and will instead be revised to operate hourly throughout.
- In partnership with Nexus, Go North East will remain the operator of service 25 between Newcastle and Chester-le-Street.
- Durham County Council have agreed to fund the route between Chester-le-Street and Langley Park, but discussions are still ongoing as to whether Go North East will remain as the operator of the service on this section of route.