(18 Apr 2023, 3:22 pm)Unber43 wrote Well, the 6:10 would get you into Newcastle just before 7:00, which for people trying to get to newcastle to start at 7 would be struggle. As well the 6:40 would give a good time to start in newcastle before 8, whereas the next bus 7:09 would give you 5 mins to get to your place of business. 

Really the 29 should be half hourly between Kimblesworth and Newcastle, offer more workplace links to Team Valley, perhaps a 29A, which goes from Kimblesworth, on the A1, then through team valley, past Sainsburys to Gateshead and Newcastle.

I know this isn't the best place to post this but if you wanted to have a 30 minute service from Kibblesworth then something like would be better imo:

X28: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.96000...ec!1m0!3e0

X29: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.96000...0b!1m0!3e0

Both services run non stop between Gateshead and The Cannon hence the X, would give Chowdene etc a better service to Newcastle which is poorly served currently.

There's no need for the 28 now the 82 exists, people from Ouston can change at Birtley for the QE. I'm sure they'd appreciate a 30 minute service to Birtley instead similar for Kibblesworth.

You'd also open another Gateshead to Stanley link if you timetabled the X28 to run against the X72, both should take roughly the same time and open Birtley / Ouston to Stanley links - not sure how much demand there is though but they're sizeable communities near each other and with the Team Valley little loop, link Retail World to more places - somewhere seriously unserved.