(02 Oct 2022, 6:20 am)Storx wrote I'm not going to hunt for your post which always mentioning it.In a lot of instances, moving the last departutres to between 11:20 and 11:30 would work well.
But I actually agree than Arriva should probably try later buses on the X7 / X11 / X21 / 308 possibly using the 43 / 44 / 45 / 52 / 53 / 54 buses which terminate in Newcastle at a night to get them back to Blyth / Ashington even if it's just a Saturday.
I'm not sure whether last night was a freak night but it's busiest I've seen all them at 11pm even before Covid. The X7 believe had 35+, there was still 24 on board at Seaton Delaval and quite a few had already left. The X11 and X21 seemed even busier. The X11 nearly filled a double decker (and I'm not talking 1 person per seat).
Mind it was noticeable how dead the Jesmond routes were on the other hand the 52 was single numbers and the 43 didn't seem much better (why on earth does the 52 and X7 leave a same time is a mystery considering the duplication of the routes and their both hourly but that's another thing).
Wonder if we might see long term the likes of the last 52 scrapped and running on the X7 instead with the inbound X7 terminating at Seghill to save buses, the inbound buses are always dead to get them back to the depot.
If Arriva did however re-introduce a 30 minute Monday to Saturday evening service on the 306 & 308 (every 15 mins combined), I'd say the best laat departures would be:
306 - 22:42 - Sundays
308 - 22:42 - Monday to Saturday
306 - 22:57 - Monday to Saturday
308 - 23:12 - Daily
306 - 23:32 - Daily
308 - 23:52 - *Friday & Saturday only*
Note the last 308 on a Fri & Sat would work off the 44 (23:15 ex Dinnington)