(26 Nov 2023, 12:01 pm)L469 YVK wrote Service suggestion for 35/X21/X22
Timetable:
Newbiggin stopping arrangements for 35 & X21
* Official changeover point for 35 & X21 would be the Cresswell Arms.
* Service X21 would operate between Newcastle and the Cresswell Arms via Woodhorn Road & Seacrest Road.
* Service 35 would operate between Morpeth and the Cresswell Arms via Sandy Bay, Spital Road and Front Street.
* Arrangements would apply allowing passengers to travel through as outlined by Arriva.
Service 35
* Robust timetable for improved reliability.
* Frequency unchanged although improved service for Woodhorn with revised stopping arrangements in conjunction with service X21 in Newbiggin.
Service X21
* After Bedlington Red Lion (Front Street West), operates via Hartford Road instead of Ridge Terrace and Nedderton Village. This would help improve reliability without further increasing journey times.
* Robust timetable for improved reliability and common headways maintained with service X22 from Ashington and Newcastle; and also in Stakeford and Bedlington Town Centre (from nearby stops within short walking distance).
Service X22
* In Bedlington Town Centre, would instead call at Glebe Road (Near the Red Lion) rather than Schalksmuhle Road and Front Street West.
* After Bedlington Town Centre, would operate via Ridge Terrace and Nedderton Village instead of Hartford Road. This however would not impact journey times due to the time it currently takes to fulfil the current stopping arrangements in Bedlington Town Centre.
* Robust timetable for improved reliability and common headways maintained with service X21 from Ashington and Newcastle; and also in Stakeford and Bedlington Town Centre (from nearby stops within short walking distance).
Which services would serve Schalksmuhle Road? Those stops are well used.
The whole point of both the X21 and X22 going up the Front Street in Bedlington in that it provides 4bph to the main stops in the town centre.
You may think it’s a short walk between the stop near the garage on Front Street and Glebe Road, try telling that to someone with limited mobility!