(10 Sep 2023, 12:47 am)L469 YVK wrote Just a thought after seeing the post about the delayed open topper 309 the other day. But currently during the evenings.......
- 306 - 33 minutes sitting doing sweet FA in Tynemouth.
- 307 - extra PVR due to 56 minute gap in North Shields (okay, less of an issue with Percy Main a short distance away)
- Poor coordination between the 308 & 309 from Haymarket.
- 5 minutes layover at Haymarket can be tight at times.
So with the 351 brought into the Qualifying Agreement (between Newcastle and Wiltshire Drive) and the 307/309 interworking pattern PVR reduced by 1x, would a 10 minute combined frequency not work using the below as an example and taking the 351 into account too?
306/308
- 308 ex Newcastle 19:17 > arr Blyth 20:14
- 308 ex Blyth 20:32 > arr Newcastle 21:28
- 306 ex Newcastle 21:37 > arr Tynemouth 22:18
- 306 ex Tynemouth 22:27 > arr Newcastle 23:08
307/309
- 307 ex Newcastle 19:07 > arr North Shields 19:49
- 307 ex North Shields 19:51 > arr Newcastle 20:38
- 309 ex Newcastle 20:47 > arr Blyth 21:49
- 309 ex Blyth 21:53 > arr Newcastle 22:58
307 (to Hadrian Park only)
- 307 ex Newcastle 19:27 > arr Hadrian Park 19:50
- 307 ex Hadrian Park 19:51 > arr Newcastle 20:18
351 - Does anti-clockwise loop of Holystone Park and Holystone Whitley Road during evenings instead
- 351 ex Newcastle 20:57 > arr Holystone Park 21:21
- 351 ex Holystone Park 21:21 > arr Newcastle 21:48
Departures from Haymarket would be.......
- 307 North Shields - xx:07
- 308 Blyth - xx:17
- 307 Hadrian Park xx:27
- 306 Tynemouth xx:37
- 309 Blyth xx:47
- 351 Holystone Park xx:57 - Evening journeys depart from Stand M at Haymarket
Last journeys would be
306 ex Newcastle
- 22:37 - Tynemouth
- 23:17 - Tynemouth
306 ex Tynemouth
- 22:27 - Newcastle
- 23:27 - Coast Road / Selby Gardens
307 ex Newcastle
- 22:27 - Hadrian Park
- 23:07 - North Shields
- 23:47 - Norham Road / Stannington Road
307 ex North Shields
- 22:51 - Newcastle
- 23:51 - Hadrian Park
307 ex Hadrian Park (shorts)
- 21:51 - Newcastle
308 ex Newcastle
- 22:17 - Blyth
- 23:32 - Blyth
308 ex Blyth
- 21:32 - Newcastle
- 22:31 - Newcastle
- 23:16 - Lynn Road / Billy Mill
309 ex Newcastle
- 22:47 - Blyth
309 ex Blyth
- 22:53 - New York
351 ex Newcastle
- 22:57 - Holystone Park (completes anti-clockwise loop to serve Holystone Whitley Road too)
351 ex Holystone Park
- 22:21 - Newcastle
Unlikely to happen, given the QA is voluntary and Arriva wouldn't sign up to all of the multi ticket acceptance and co-ordination if the balance of the operation isn't broadly equal.
The suggestion of bringing the 351 into it means Go-Ahead would have a higher majority of the operating milage and therefore no longer broadly equal.