(05 Apr 2024, 7:03 pm)ASX_Terranova wrote I was thinking about the 307 & 309 into a loop service like when they were the 75 & 76. But if people from Seaton Sluice and Blyth work at Cobalt then maybe not.
EDIT: Extend the 41/41A to Tynemouth but avoiding North Shields, maybe via High Flatworth, Silverlink, Cobalt, NT Hospital & Preston Grange. (Got a feeling I may have suggested this before)
Personally I'd always love to see a resurrected 325/326 but adapted to serve what's wanted now rather than what was wanted in 1980, maybe something like https://www.google.com/maps/dir/55.01385...?entry=ttu
There's so many places on the route ie:
Whitley Bay
Cullercoats
Tynemouth
Tynemouth Longsands
North Shields
North Shields Fish Quay
North Shields Ferry
Monkseaton
Cobalt
Silverlink
ALDI North Shields
Tesco Norham Road
Morrisons Preston Grange
LIDL Rake Lane
Boundary Mill (short walk)
Coast Road Retail Park
It's arguably all the destinations where people local would actually need to be and want to go east of the A19. It would also utilise the 306 resource between Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. It's just a completely new route so would just have to be an addition. With good marketing and a reasonable frequency, I could see it being quite popular. Especially the Ferry to Whitley Bay section in the Summer.