(22 Oct 2022, 10:10 am)Rob44 wrote Coast road -> Bring back the 44!!!Before COVID, I would've 100% agreed with an 'X' variant of the 308.
If passenger numbers stabilise and driver numbers recovered, could do this (depending on Blyth's capacity) and if the 43/44/45 returned to normal frequency, would also solve the dead-mileage issue to Dinnington (43/44/45 too unreliable to interwork on a 15 min frequency).............
- 306 & 308 - both reduced to every 20 minutes and 306 withdrawn from Battle Hill. 308 during the day runs via Marden Estate rather than Hillheads. PVR 14x and 306 curtailed in Tynemouth.
- X38 - Same as 308 now between Blyth and Billy Mill. Then only calling at Norham Road and Willington Square before non-stop to Newcastle Civic Centre, St Mary's and Haymarket. Every 30 mins and a PVR of 10x interworking with 44/45.
Diverting the 308 via Marden would open up new links, whilst further distinguishing the 'express' element of the X38