(13 Dec 2023, 1:16 am)logidoodah wrote Here are my GNE Gateshead changes if I were to overhaul the lot...
If a service is not mentioned expect it not to change.
Please see this map for a diagram.
Quite like some of your ideas but think I'd rejig it a bit in the Gateshead side to improve it a bit so it's something like this:
25 - Yellow Line: Small deviation but much direct than currently
50/51 - Red Line (Every 15 Minutes Each): Newcastle, Gateshead, Team Valley, Low Fell, Wrekenton, QE, Felling, Heworth, Gateshead Ind Estate, New Arena, Newcastle Loop
52 - Purple Line (Every 30 Minutes): Gateshead to Leam Lane
53/54: No longer uses Swing Bridge and goes via Tyne Bridge
56: No Changes
57 - Green Line (Every 20 Minutes): Wardley to Winlaton
58/59 - Brown Line (Every 20 Minutes Each): Newcastle to Fewster Square Loop
Other changes:
1/1A - Keep them going to Whickham but dropped down to every 30 minute each, there's the 6/7 offering services instead.
6/7(6A) - Up the 7 (was 6A) to every 30 minutes, send 6 direct from Burnopfield to Whickham, extend 7 to Consett instead of Stanley for operational reasons and give Leadgate a Metro Centre link.
49/49A - No changes
It would cover some links you've missed there like Felling to Wrekenton (now 50/51) and Team Valley / QE to Heworth was probably a little bit infrequent. The 50/51 would be popular as it links all the important places as one service and the new 58/59 gives a quicker service for some to Newcastle.