(14 Oct 2022, 7:20 pm)Storx wrote 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335/57/57A/317 Withdrawn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.
If Arriva so called wins the contracts, there’s nothing there can do with those services, as the timetables and routes are secured by the local authorities, bus companies can’t changed secured bus services, there are secured for a reason as it’s not profitable to be ran by a business who only wants profits, if Arriva wants to take on those secured service routes then there will have to register those routes commercially and then the local authorities can withdraw the contracts, but if the so called new bus service don’t provide the needs when Arriva changes the services then the secured contracts will have to be registered again.
If you just suggesting a change between 2 or 3 contracts then it’s better to contacts the authorities who secured the contract to see if it’s possible
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