(08 May 2023, 11:33 am)L469 YVK wrote Something like the following......
https://goo.gl/maps/FWGZ7kMJQf2qnVYp9
Service X38 - Marden Estate Loop - Hillheads - North Tyneside Hospital - Billy Mill Lane - Lynn Road - Regent Terrace - The Quadrant - Verne Road - Norham Road then non-stop to St Mary's Place and Newcastle Haymarket.
Should be do-able with a PVR of 3x
* Covers Marden Estate and still offers links to shops and restores the link to North Tyneside Hospital from Marden.
* Covers the 308 between Hillheads and Billy Mill
* Covers the 307 through the Quadrant, Verne Road and Norham Road
See personally I'd do something like:
X50 (Every 30 Minutes) - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.04518...95!1m0!3e0
59 (Every 30 Minutes) - Tynemouth to Murton - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.01771...95!1m0!3e0
51 - Terminate at Holystone
306 - Terminate at Tynemouth
W2 - Withdrawn
317 - Wallsend to North Shields only
335 - Withdrawn on Eastern Side
Other than the Preston Village to Whitley Bay there's no major links lost.
Cleans up a lot of marginal services and creates 2 routes, one linking the routes away from the Metro / 308 / 309 to Newcastle and the other linking up the main corridors to North Shields with connections to most the main links and also a link for ferry go'ers from North Shields Ferry to Tynemouth for day trippers (could be popular imo).