(15 Mar 2024, 4:38 pm)Ambassador wrote Eighton Lodge roundabout is closed (Southbound) all weekend from 8pm Friday 22nd March until 6am on Monday 25th March as part of the A1 upgrade works but this will obviously impact GNE considerably
Nothing as of yet on the GNE website but in terms of impact to buses if they follow normal process (they may do something different)
21 - will divert via it's evening diversion through Lamesley - Smithy Lane - Allerdene - return to normal route and vice versa for Durham/CLS bound journies
X21 will have to go through Birtley and take same diversion going towards Newcastle or omit Low Fell and go via Mill House, Eighton Banks, Wrekenton, Old Durham Road (could then travel down through Allerdene to normal route)
Return journey unaffected
28 - Northbound - via same diversion as 21 but continuing to Wrekenton
Southbound - from Wrekenton - via Allerdene - Smithy Lane - Lamesley then normal route
Areas without service as a result
Angel of the North, Long Bank, Eighton Banks (lower) upper still served by 25 and 81
81 - no impact
Arriva
X12 - god knows!
Couldn't the X21, go down Chowdene Bank and join the A1 at Team Valley instead if it wanted to do both? Can't see why it couldn't. It'd be quicker than going around the world along Smithy Lane etc.
Edit: Will the X21 be affected at all? It's the South side of the junction that's shut? So assume they'll be able to access the A1 in both directions?