(09 May 2023, 6:51 pm)Storx wrote From the 51 - 55 withdrawals is it just me who thinks that these won't be replaced long term and it'll more likely be something like:Whatever happens, the Wiltshire Drive to Newcastle section needs morphed properly into the Coast Road corridor rather than being an 'oddball' running amongst 12 buses per hour. Waste of funds IMO subsidising a service through Wiltshire Drive when the 307 could pick this section up commercially (with evening subsidy if the 307/309 still receive this?).
Arriva Changes:
X7/X8 - Serve all stops along Matthew Bank
57A and/or X8 - Serve Fern Drive instead of Northumberland Business Park
Both these will have no issues with timetables.
Nexus Changes:
18 - Extended from Four Lane Ends to Cramlington (Every 30 Minutes), PVR 2
51 - Hourly replacement, PVR 2.5
52 - Withdrawn, replaced by 18
53 - Killingworth to North Shields, current route Killingworth to Cobalt, serve Murton, then some merger of the 53/335 depending on time for the rest of it (PVR 2)
54 - Newcastle to Shiremoor only, PVR 1.5
55 - Withdrawn - Not needed
335 - Withdrawn East of Hadrian Park (PVR -2) - other half who knows outside of this.
W2 - Withdrawn
Seems the best use of limited resources and would serve everyone with some form of bus route while removing duplicates.
RE: Arriva North East: Service Suggestions