(14 Oct 2022, 6:07 pm)V514DFT wrote 19- from Percy Main operates as follows Royal Quays, George Stephenson Way, North Shields Ferry Terminal, Fish Quay, then once per hour extends to Whitley Bay via old 11 route
40- current 41 to Howdon Tynemouth Road then Howdon Lane, Bewicke Street, Rosehill Road (Hail and Ride), Tynemouth Road, Churchill Street, Simonside Avenue, Savory Road, Holy Cross-St Peters Road, High Street East 41- reverse of the 40
311- from Hadrian Park continues to Wallsend via Coniston Road, Ridley Avenue, Tynemouth Road, High Street East, Wallsend Interchange
Q3- split into Q1 and Q2
If we're meddling around with these services and let's just say Arriva win the 19 and 317 contracts hypothetically as this will work better I'd do:
17: Cramlington -> Dudley Lane -> Fern Drive, 57A to Whitley Bay, 317 to North Shields Ferry - Every Hour
18: 57A from Cramlington to Whitley Bay, extended via 317 route to North Shields Ferry - Every Hour
19: 57 from Ashington to Cramlington, current route to Percy Main, old route to North Shields via Ferry first. - Every Hour
40 (Loop): 317 from North Shields to Wallsend, 41 from Wallsend to Hadrian Park, 335 from Hadrian Park to North Shields - Every 30 Minutes
41 (Loop): Reverse of above - Every 30 Minutes
40A/41A: Shorts from Wallsend to Hadrian Park via Wiltshire Drive - Every 30 Minutes
341: 335 from Killingworth to Hadrian Park, extended to Howdon via 41/41A loop
342: No Changes
335/57/57A/317 Withdrawn
Would offer a much better services and more links rather than the current horseshoe routes we currently have all over the place with better connectivity to the Fish Quay / Ferry from all over and make some of the connections actually useful, Howdon to Killingworth; Whitley Bay to the ferry; better Silverlink connectivity etc.