(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 days
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 ???
Even known I don't disagree per say. I don't think sending the expresses is the right idea. The P&R is built too far into the place so would add a good 8 minute or so onto the timings and when it only takes 20 minutes from the last stop in Cramlington that's quite substantial. Not to mention there's quite a few people who interchange to the Metro at the Regent Centre so would be unpopular.
I never understand why they built that where it is, it's just too far to get there, if you want a P&R to the North you might aswell just drive to the Regent Centre which is roughly the same time away but has the choice of about 10 buses or the Metro.
They should just abandon that and ideally built one just off Kenton Bar interchange on the grass to the West (there's no restrictions there) and use the X47, X77, X78 and X79 as the P&R buses. It's the best place for one round there.