(03 Aug 2023, 12:55 pm)L469 YVK wrote The problem with the likes of East Benton Rise & Holystone Park is that residents will likely have a top of the range PCP leased car sat on the drive.....and heaven forbid getting the bus into Newcastle (or home if not out too late) on a night out. They'll just book an Uber, Blueline or Nearby on the app.
Think we've covered the economic wealth spread in North Tyneside many times before. There's a reason why Stagecoach's Newcastle network is fairly stable....no offence intended of course!
The thing is these are the exact areas I'm talking about, if they're not using the bus to Newcastle then don't provide it.
For example you could have stuff like:
318: Every 30 Minutes, Killingworth to Wallsend
Killingworth - Quorum - Longbenton - Four Lane Ends (Change here for trains to Newcastle) - Benton Park View - Mullen Road - Kings Road North - Selby Gardens - Wallsend (via A186) (change here for trains to Newcastle / North Shields)
319: Every 30 Minutes, Killingworth to Wallsend
Killingworth - Forest Hall - Benton ASDA - Wiltshire Drive - Wallsend (via A186) (change here for trains to Newcastle / North Shields)
320 (41/41A): Every 30 Minutes, Wallsend to Hadrian Park
Wallsend - West Street - Selby Gardens - Battle Hill - Hadrian Park
51: Every 30 Minutes, Northumberland Park - Whitley Bay
Northumberland Park (Change here for trains to Newcastle) - Shiremoor - Earsdon - Beaumont Park - Briardene - Whitley Bay (Change here for trains to Tynemouth)
53: Every 30 Minutes, Cramlington to North Shields
Cramlington - Killingworth - Forest Hall - Palmersville (Change here for trains to Newcastle / Whitley Bay) - Holystone - Holystone Park - Northumberland Park (Change here for trains to Whitley Bay / Newcastle) - Shiremoor - North Shields (Change here for trains to Whitley Bay / Newcastle)
54: Replaced by the 359 every 30 minutes and serve Northumberland Park.
All with guaranteed connections from the Metro at Four Lane Ends, Northumberland Park and Palmersville (the bus waits if the Metro is slightly late). There's no need for every bus to go to Newcastle. People will winge but they need to just say: So? You don't use it... Other than the Gosforth to Killingworth link, everything is replaced what the services are doing which are coming in albeit some with a change onto Metro.