(28 Aug 2023, 10:12 am)ASX_Terranova wrote The 57 would become busier because the 58 would not serve Fewster Square, running direct from Albion Street to Heworth.
Also, to answer an earlier comment, would it be worth it to introduce short 56's as far as Wrekenton or Springwell Estate.
If you took the 58 out of there, then the 58 would be dead.
The 57 is the problem route, it duplicates the 51/52, 56 and 58 for most of the route but doesn't interwork with it at all now.
Personally I'd be more radical and rewrite the whole lot and have something like
90: Newcastle to Heworth | Newcastle - Gateshead - Team Valley - Low Fell - QE Hospital - Heworth (Every 20 Minutes)
91/92 (The Loop): Gateshead to Gatehead | Gateshead - Shipcote - Low Fell - Eighton Banks - Wrekenton - Springwell Estate - Forster Square - Felling - Heworth - Gateshead College - Gateshead (Every 20 Minutes)
56: No Changes (Every 15 Minutes)
57: Newcastle to Springwell Estate | Newcastle - Gateshead - QE Hospital - Beacon Lough Estate - Wrekenton - Springwell Estate (Every 15 Minutes)
58: No Changes (Every 15 Minutes)
59: Newcastle to Wardley | Newcastle - Gateshead - Dun Hill Road - QE Hospital - Felling - Heworth - Wardley (Every 20 Minutes)
51/52/93/94 - Withdrawn
Combined Corridors:
1/90: Every 10 Minutes, Newcastle to Team Valley North
56/57: Every 7.5 Minutes, Newcastle to Beacon Lough
Map:
As far as I'm aware there's no lost links anywhere but would finally give Newcastle a link to Team Valley and increase the Bensham Road and Old Durham Road corridors which both could do with a frequency increase imo.