(01 Apr 2023, 7:57 pm)L469 YVK wrote If the big three and Nexus banged their heads together, easiest option would be
GNE:
- 97 - re-instated as was.
- 57 - axed and replaced by 1 & 1A.
- 1 - every 30 mins W.Bay to Newcastle then via Wardley. Does current 306 route between W.Bay and Tynemouth. Curtailed in North Shields or Tynemouth evenings & Sundays.
- 1A - every 30 mins Hadrian Park to Churchill Street then as per 1.
- 307 - via Wiltshire Drive instead of Hadrian Park.
Arriva:
- 51 - via Station Road instead of Wiltshire Drive, evening service withdrawn.
- 306 - via current 1 route between Tynemouth and W.Bay. Full evening & Sunday service to W.Bay, removing evening layover in Tynemouth.
Stagecoach:
- 22 - reduced to every 15 minutes and new QA set up with the 1 & 1A between Howdon and Newcastle.
Why on earth would Stagecoach agree to that?
The 22 is a strong bus route that needs to be every 10 minutes at the Western side whereas the 1 is subsidised.
Ignoring operators and what not. The best thing around there would be binning the 1 altogether and split the 22 into a 22 and a 23 with the 23 doing the 1 route from Newcastle to Whitley Bay both every 20 minutes, combined every 10 minutes from Byker to Throckley.