(09 Jul 2023, 7:07 pm)busmanT wrote Nexus might well provide something for the low number of passengers travelling to/from N T Hospital, rather than adding a loop to the 353/354.I don't think adding a loop to the 354, subsequently omitting Cobalt would be the worst idea to retain the Killingworth - NT Hospital link.
Indeed, it is time that the operators and local authorities did, what they legally can, to plan jointly the secondary routes.
The fact that the Nexus 335 overlaps the Arriva 53 in several areas can't help with the viability of the 53.
Going to be interesting to see what happens with the 51 if not commercially picked up. In it's current form, the 51 couldn't run a strict PVR of 2x standalone and adequately keep to time.
It could run with a PVR of 2x however if followed same route to Station Road North, then via Station Road to the Coast Road (omitting Wiltshire Drive) then non-stop to Newcastle Civic Centre, St Mary's Place and Haymarket.