(21 May 2024, 9:02 pm)V514DFT wrote Problem is merging, seems to have been a trend in the mid 2000's, and it wasnt just GNE at it, they all were
10/11,seems to have been merged with 13/14 over in South Tyneside, Arriva's 44 over in North Tyneside, the "60's" in North Tyneside, a load in Sunderland and Durham, its why we end up with silly routes that go all over the place
Aye can't disagree to be honest. Like if we're going down the real suggestion route and going all guns in, I'd love to see a proper cross city route which runs from Whitley Bay / Tynemouth right across to West Denton / Westerhope then less frequent services filling the gaps rather than buses round the doors of everywhere.
Maybe seeing routes on 10/11/38 corridors in the West and 38/306/307/308 to the East or similar (not going to suggest specifics). Now we don't have the 'territories' anything is open really. Similar with the North / South and having the likes of the Stagecoach 10/11/30/31 in Gosforth heading across the Tyne and merging onto the likes of the 53/54/57/58.
Cross city routes really suck in Newcastle imo and when you have multiple terminus points in multiple places in Newcastle, it's not a great place to interchange either.
It's a fair trek from Haymarket to Market Street for example, if it's pissing down with rain.