(09 Dec 2022, 5:26 pm)Storx wrote If there's joint ticketing then this would be better imo:

306 - Pulled out of Battle Hill
308 - No Changes
309 - 311 Route to Hadrian Park, 309 to Cobalt (Every 15 Minutes), Extended to Blyth (Every 30 Minutes)
310 - Upped to Every 15 Minutes

306/308 - Combined every 7.5 Minutes between Newcastle and Billy Mill
309/310 - Combined every 7.5 Minutes between Newcastle and Battle Hill

There's absolutely no need for a 10 minute service between Blyth / Whitley Bay and Newcastle plus it wouldn't work anyway as it would make the 306/308 run at the same time. Why should Arriva drop down to 6 BPH while GNE still has 9 BPH. I wouldn't be too keen either.

A 13/7 split with careful timings would work for the 308 & 309 (amongst individual combined frequencies) with both then forming a 10 minute service between Blyth and North Tyneside Hospital.

But unless it's late at night with no cars on the road and 6 pints down, a Hadrian Park de-tour is no fun and rightly something that Peter Huntley removed.

If an 'evens' service was going to be created....

- 306 - every 20 mins as now but no longer serves Battle Hill

- 308 - every 20 mins as now

- 309 - every 20 mins as now, via High Farm

- 310 - every 20 mins as now

- 22 - 1x every 20 mins to Cobalt, 1x every 20 mins to Hadrian Park