(23 Oct 2023, 12:04 am)Storx wrote Aye can't disagree to be fair, the 71/72/87/X87/X88 lot is probably an area which needs looked at as it's a bit allover the place but I don't know the outer West End. Some of them will be extended to do the Callerton loop though I assume.
Newcastle badly needs more cross city routes heading North / South though. Other than the Metro it's pretty much non existent and break down the old 'territories'.
I can tell you don’t know the outer west of Newcastle, given you’re proposing to give Lemington, Newburn and Throckley, the areas that provide the majority of the passengers on the 22 to and from the city centre, a less frequent service just to accommodate a clock face timetable along Scotswood Road. That would be stupid. Equally, the 36 route exists to provide local links between Fenham Hall Drive (and Sacred Heart school) and Denton Burn, Scotswood, Benwell, etc (as the 30/31 depending on direction) and has done so for many decades. Your 64/71/72/87 proposal removes these links unnecessarily. There are some instances where if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it and these are those occasions.