(06 Apr 2024, 2:13 pm)V514DFT wrote See if the 325/326 made a comeback now it could easily see off the 19 and 41/41A, and you're right, the 309 and 310 killed off the 85/86, it worked less when the 75/76 stopped being circulars so the combining never really worked afterwards, and the W3 was a farce
Aye agreed, ngl for the 41/41A I'd love to see a secondary loop similar to that above which done West of the A19
Maybe something like: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.98320...?entry=ttu
which would replace the 18, 335, 41/41A, 653, 37 Evening/Sunday and the Q3 extension and even potentially 342 aswell.
Again there's loads of points and arguably are all the places where people would want to be ie.
Byker
Walker
Wallsend
Killingworth
Longbenton
Quorum
Cobalt
Silverlink
Freeman Hospital
Tyne Met College
Numerous supermarkets and shops (cba to name them all)
Would pretty much replace all the subsidised bus routes, acknowledge that some would be longer but clearly there's not the demand for them in the first place. Quorum, in particular, is a nightmare to get to and Cobalt is no better from the likes of Walker and Killingworth really.