(27 Oct 2023, 10:03 pm)L469 YVK wrote Looking at Percy Main......
- 307 & 309 - GNE could keep
- 327 - GNE could keep
- 1 withdrawn - 97 re-introduced, Stagecoach split 22 into 22 & 22A with 22A following the 1 route between Newcastle and Whitley Bay
- Q3 extended to replace 41/41A
- 352 withdrawn - practically covered by 37
- 353 taken back by Arriva if PVR is reduced owing to ABTRL, increased to every 30 mins
- 354 withdrawn - 359 already does part route
- 355 - withdrawn as 38 already does route
354 replacements:
- 359
- X63 effectively becomes a "356" and does X63 route but via Church Road & Gosforth High Street, terminates at Haymarket
355 replacements:
- 37
- If Arriva still run X7/X8 in some form, made all stops along Matthew Bank
Can't really disagree with them.
I'm not sure whether the Q3 is subsidised or something but I'm really surprised that keeps going. It's not a busy bus route, ever - especially at the Great Park end of it. Lucky to see double figures on it and the other end is no better. Unless something has changed in the past 10 years, I used to use it from a mates down by far end of the Quayside and pretty much be the only one on the bus.
There's just absolutely no reason for anyone use to it at any point along the Great North Road since it's less frequent and takes a detour via Jesmond.