(12 Jun 2023, 2:24 am)DaveFromUpNorth wrote The Angel P&R will be a white elephant one of the best Park and ride locations we have in the North East and no one uses it or it is never advertised is The MetroCentre coach park. Only time it is used is for Match daysDurham park and ride is great, we use it whenever we need to go into Durham proper.
Problem with Park and rides ran by Nexus is they charge you to park your car then charge you again for using public transport
Durham has the right idea
£2 an hour to park in the city centre or £2 all day on park and ride.
To get Great Park up and running again I think the X arrival services should go via the park and ride then express to town avoiding Regent Centre and Gosforth by going straight down A1 and off at Kingston Park along to Cowgate and down the A167 into Newcastle via bus lanes
It will also stop the NIMBY cyclist complaining about buses using Gosforth
Putting the Express buses via Great Park means a special fare can be created and no additional buses would have to be used
If Great park is so underused why not create a £10 a week car parking pass for the Airport and have a bus park ride and fly initiative (may need to be a 24hr bus service )
Surely as the 342 goes everywhere possible a mini diversion around the Airport and Great Park would be doable ???
If it wasn't so reasonably priced we wouldn't bother using it, and certainly wouldn't even bother going into Durham (not that there's anything there anyway!)
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