(06 Aug 2023, 12:12 pm)logidoodah wrote With the extension of Stagecoach's 38 (and new 37) I think the 352 and the 355 won't last long...unless they react to Stagecoach's offering and frequency.
In my opinion the 353 and 354 should be fine in the longer term...
I personally think the 354 will be in trouble aswell, it's been dying on it's arse for years especially on the Western side as it's operationally out of area and it missing Longbenton it's a matter of what's the point of it. The 54 is about linking Longbenton to Gosforth but now it omits it completely so it's just serving nothing pretty much.
Everyone claims the 51 is a waste of space, not commercially viable and so on but it's commercial currently on a Sunday between Newcastle and Holystone, the 54 isn't at all which suggests it's even worse than it.