(13 Jan 2023, 11:17 pm)Storx wrote I'd imagine it's a bit too long via Gateshead and you'd damage the 93/94 which has it's own purpose of getting people around Gateshead.What about Wallsend to Newcastle that would be the Q3 like tbh
Personally I'd look at splitting the Q3 into more routes maybe something like:
Q1 (Yutong's): Great Park - Gosforth - Jesmond - John Dobson Street (omit Haymarket) - Newcastle Quayside - Swing Bridge - The Sage - Gateshead - X66 Metro Centre (Every 15 Minutes)
Q2 (Versa's): Hadrian Park - Wallsend - Walker - St Peter's Basin - Newcastle Quayside - Central Station (Every 30 Minutes)
Q2A (Versa's): Hadrian Park - Wiltshire Drive - Wallsend (Every 30 Minutes)
Q3 (Versa's): St Peter's Basin - Newcastle Quayside - Central Station - Redheugh Bridge - Lobley Hill Road - Team Valley (Every 30 Minutes)
41/41A/91/X66: Withdrawn
53/54: Back over Tyne Bridge / High Level
The route just feels forced together now, feel the above would be more popular especially linking Gateshead Quays and the Quayside to the Metro Centre if the new arena ever opens. Not to mention links across the river from Gosforth and linking all the student accommodation and the university together, maybe discounted travel for students? The 41 and Quaycity services just seem to make sense being the same route. I'd say merge the Q2A and Q3 aswell but not sure there needs to be 2 extra buses between St Peter's Basin and Wallsend tbh. Plus you'd get the flashy electric buses running a flagship route like the X66 rather than the back waters of Walker.
Also the thing that absolutely annoys me about the 93/94 say you want to go to Bensham to Gateshead Stadium to watch a football match oh ill get the bus 93 goes there from bensham in a loop, oh wait it turns into the 94 you have to get off and wait 20 mins for another 93, its not how loops should work, same the 51/52 aswell.
Also every 15 mins from Gateshead to Metrocentre that is just reliability suicide, if anything the X66 needs bigger buses.