(23 Aug 2022, 10:30 pm)OrangeArrow49 wrote Could there be any scope to extend the 47 and 55?
Not really for the 55 as if you head towards Killingworth, your duplicating the 52/53/62/63/X63, head East towards Whitley then you start duplicating the 51/53/54 with no real new connections and those 4 Arriva services aren't particular the strongest anyway to start taking pax away from them.
I don't know what the numbers are like on the 52 using it between Four Lane Ends and Quorum/Killingworth or extend the 54 to additionally loop around FLE to cover that but you could probably make a case of merging the 52 and 55 between Newcastle and Killingworth something like
52: Newcastle to South Gosforth
55: South Gosforth to Palmersville
53: Palmersville to Killingworth
52: Killingworth to Cramlington
55 Withdrawn
You'd also partially restore the other half of the GNE 42 which has recently been withdrawn Forest Hall - Killingworth - Cramlington