(26 Mar 2024, 3:48 pm)Aaron21 wrote I think a change is needed to the 352/353 mainly

353 seems to be a really busy route while the 352 is a copy of the 37. An easy change could be made

Withdrawn the 352 and up the 353 to every 30 minutes. Even under Arriva the 53 was a busy route. I'm generally shocked they didn't up it to every 30 and Withdrawn the 352 as there's no need for the 352. Its just a worse version of the 37 ("But it serves Haymarket")

So the 37 drops of at more convenient places like Central/Grainger Street & Market/Pilgrim & John Dobson Street

Worse thing that can ever be done is push buses or suggest buses not serve bus stations or interchanges 

Bus companies love the idea (Stagecoach) if they can avoid using a bus station 

Haymarket I think charges 70p ish per bus to use it 

We need bus stations to serve its purpose and have as many buses as possible connect start taking buses out of bus stations (which are often metro connections too) and we lose the value of a bus station 

Look at 317 Stagecoach was successful in pushing it out of Wallsend Interchange (to connect with other buses/metro ) and operate a loop round the shopping centre to improve reliability I think words was used 

All secured contracts should have minimum requirements that they must serve as many metro stations or bus stations as possible and supermarkets and industrial estates!

Eg 351 after asda at whitley Road I would make it turn left towards Palmersville metro but take a right and through the industrial estate and back onto whitley Road making a closer connection to Palmersville metro (and when extended to Northumberland park) it provides a quick suspension metro link tools well as servicing an industrial estate As oppose to the walk