(11 Mar 2023, 10:50 am)Storx wrote Stagecoach or Arriva aren't going to agree this. Why would / should they give up their frequency / more popular corridor via Linskill to the 1 which is subsidised in the evening.

I know you like GNE but Stagecoach aren't going to bail out their crap operations in North Tyneside.

Not to mention you've just cut Throckley to Newcastle from 6 buses an hour to 4 buses an hour for no reason at all.

Well the 306 via Tynemouth Road, Manor Road and the Broadway to Newcastle would actually improve the Marden to Newcastle service provision with a slightly more direct route.

And is Linskill Terrace really a popular corridor or.....Billy Mill to Tynemouth for that matter considering the 2345 306 ex Newcastle is about to be withdrawn? If it was, the 309 would be down to depart at 2330 or 2335 with the 306 remaining at 2345 or 2350. I travelled to Linskill Terrace on the 2042 service ex Newcastle back in Oct 2021, and was the only passenger on by the time it got there.

I know Stagecoach aren't there to bail out GNE's crap operations, but the same could be said for the Coast Road and Arriva bailing GNE out. Not forgetting that High Howdon to Wallsend and Newcastle was originally GNE territory before the 22 was extended and also the 80/42/42A to Cobalt. 

As for Throckley, they also have the X82, 684 and 685.