(28 Dec 2023, 1:03 am)Storx wrote See I'd do the opposite on the Eastern side and send absolutely nothing towards Newcastle with a little mini network like this using the Northumberland Park interchange
Each of those services would run every 30 minutes with the Green and Yellow services being ran with little buses and the purple and pink lines being ran with at least MPD's (the purple doing the full 19 route from Cramlington to North Shields).
With proper through ticketing, the timing's will be similar with the Metro change but the services will be reliable as they're not impacted by the serious traffic issues around Corner House or whatever.
The completely pointless W1/W2 would be withdrawn in the process, with places like Wellfield now having a reasonable interchange to head towards town without doubling back. It would solve most the corridors of I want an x service complaints locally. Marden to NT Hospital in particular and up the Cobalt to Northumberland Park so it's turn up and go unlike now.
Some would complain about forced interchanges but it's called integration in most other countries.
'The Metro mini's'
To be honest......this wouldn't be the worst idea in the world! Surely this is what the BSIP should be used for and backed by by TNE.
As you say with through ticketing and proper integration including timetabling, could be onto a winner.