(20 Feb 2024, 11:45 am)deanmachine wrote I think that would probably be the best case for a night network, replicate the metro, but using existing bus routes already keep. For Sunderland, keep the 56 as its already in use and goes past Nissan, 27 for South Tyneside, I'm not an expert north of the Tyne except the metro replacement routes, but two buses to Whitley Bay using either side of the loop, and that 35 but extended to the Airport. I don't think they need to follow the metro precisely but roughly through the areas served.
Hopefully if franchising happens they can do something like this, and integrate metro tickets through the night.
Yeah totally agreed, for North of the Tyne
either the 1 or 22 (extended to Whitley Bay) would be the best for the bottom half.
The other half is a little bit more complicated as there's not really anything, probably have to make a new route for it really, as it's kinda the 351/353/354/355/57/57A in bits.