(15 Jul 2023, 6:47 pm)mb134 wrote Sending the Q3 up there would mean a, near enough, 1 hour journey time from Hadrian Park to the city centre. Pretty much double the current time, which I imagine would kill usage. 

It comes back to newer estate developments being pretty horrendous for bus routing. Hadrian Park is a prime example of this, but others include Great Park (both sections, but particularly the part served by the X46)

To be fair the main side of the Great Park isn't too bad now the new road is open. The Stagecoach X47 could easily extend through and serve the other side and give links from Kingston Park etc.

Even if it meant splitting it into 2 and having one doing it one direction and the other the opposite. Imagine it being quicker than the Q3 aswell now that goes for a mystery tour around Jesmond. Obviously bus companies are as innovate as a type writer lately though so it won't happen.