(27 Mar 2023, 10:06 am)L469 YVK wrote Had a think about this heading home last night. Saw the 19:10 51 leave with only 1x passenger on.
Would Nexus not be better withdrawing the evening 51 service and funding the 307 to additionally serve Wiltshire Drive during an evening only (with the 309 still covering Station Road)? Bar the 22:45 and 23:45 ex North Shields needing re-timed to run 3-5 minutes later, it wouldn't impact the 307 hugely as it already has a long layover / change of bus and driver in North Shields for earlier journeys.
BIB: judging by the tracking for last night, it would appear the only journeys that have any layover in North Shields on an evening are the last 2 off Newcastle (2200 and 2300) which effectively turn round and go straight back out. The other trips all run dead to Percy Main depot with a new driver and vehicle replacing them.