(26 Apr 2023, 7:23 pm)L469 YVK wrote Had a little think about this and something slightly different to usual. Yes......it does include my infamous idea for Hadrian Park & Wiltshire Drive.......but also some wider benefits that actually tie in and not just a knee jerk reaction to get rid of the 51.

Stagecoach
22:
* Every 10 minutes from Throckley to Churchill Street.
* Then every 20 minutes to Cobalt & Silverlink, or Hadrian Park.
* Evening journeys split hourly to Cobalt & Silverlink or Hadrian Park.
* Sunday daytime journeys extend from Hadrian Park to Silverlink.

37:
* Every 30 minutes.
* Same route as 38 from Whickham View to Freeman Hospital.
* Continues to Northumberland Park Interchange via Benton Park Road, Whitley Road, East Benton Rise, Benton ASDA, Holystone, Holystone Park and West Allotment.

38:
* Short journey every 30 minutes Whickham View to Freeman Hospital.
* Full journey every 30 minutes Whickham View to Freeman Hospital, then continutes via Freeman Road to Haddricks Mill before following current 55 route to Forest Hall and Meadway loop.


Arriva
51:
* Hourly
* Same route as now between Whitley Bay and A191 New York Road, then via B1322 following current 54 route to Newcastle.

53:
* Every 30 minutes.
* Same route as now between Cramlington and New York.
* Then via North Tyneside Hospital (including roundabout), Barnstaple Road, Devon Road, Whitehouse Lane then currrent 53 route to North Shields.

54:
* Withdrawn.

55:
* Withdrawn.

57/57A:
* Up to every 30 minutes.
* Extended to North Shields during the day.
* Route from Billy Mill Lane via Whitehouse Farm, Alwinton Avenue then as per current 335 route.
* Also operates via Murton Village & New York (anti-clockwise to N/Shields / clockwise to Whitley Bay) during the day.

306:
* Omits Battle Hill Drive and terminates in Whitley Bay Town Centre.


Go North East
307:
* Operates via Wiltshire Drive instead of Hadrian Park.


Nexus/GCT
335:
* Killingworth to Cobalt only >> would there be a need for this service with most links covered by alternative routes?

Don't agree with those 57/57A changes, it's just a long detour with no benefits from anyone on the core of the route (Cramlington to Whitley Bay). Merging it with the 317 would be better (North Shields Ferry to Whitley Bay only) and in turn merge the 19 with the Ashington to Cramlington bit. Obviously not possible though because of subsidises.

Personally for the 51/55 I'd do this.
51 (Every 30 Minutes) - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.04195...978252!3e0

55 Extension (Every 30 Minutes) - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.02148...9a!1m0!3e0

59/60 - New Newcastle to Killingworth Loop doing this route - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Newcastl...9e!1m0!3e0

Short 19 - Extended to Killingworth via Backworth every hour.

335 - Western side withdrawn.

54 Withdrawn

Reasons:
Most the K routes in Killingworth replaced by the new 59/60 and the Forest Hall to Quorum link on the 335 leading to withdrawal.
59/60 keeps Gosforth to Quorum and Killingworth links
19 extension gives a fast link to Cobalt and North Shields for Killingworth and a replacement for the 335.
51 reduced timings so it can be 2 BPH with a PVR 4, only +1 when accounting for the W2 scrapping, there's no bus stops along Beaumont Road anyway.
55 extended to Backworth on a loop to serve the nibbly bits of the 51 to speed it up and connect all of Backworth.
Didn't leave Matthew Bank without a bus service or forcing the X7 to be slower than it already is.

Haven't worked out the PVR's but it has to be near identical - if not less, if accounting for all the lost links with the K1/K2 loss.