(16 Apr 2023, 2:30 pm)F114TML wrote Thing that surprises me most is they're disposing of the circulars which are well used (for what they are), yet keeping routes like the 99. I did it once on New Year's Eve and took about £11 total (cash and card combined), and I was told I was being hammered by comparison to normal loadings (baring in mind I did one full trip from Grangetown to Hylton Castle and picked no one up). I don't think I was able to pass a single timing point without waiting in the whole shift I did (3hr 15 including the run from the depot) - I even managed to leave the depot late and still arrive at my first timing point on time!
One thing I neglected to mention is the 18A, which is well used - mainly by schoolkids, but also a few workers at that industrial site by the Queen Alex Bridge.
Aye totally agreed to be honest, it's the same everywhere though. Every bus goes to Sunderland and Newcastle and that's about it want to travel around the city then tough luck, travel 20 minutes into Sunderland and then travel 30 minutes back and let's be honest who the hell wants to go to Sunderland.
Always reminds me of someone who lives in the West End of Newcastle who shops in Byker as it's the only place they can actually get from where they live (Benwell). At the time I was like wtf you going there for there's like 5 supermarkets around here but then you look at a route map, good luck getting to them.
Btw. on the 99 I really don't get the point of it, is it funded by ASDA or something? As it seems the only point of it.