I was thinking about the 335/342/359 group of services and how they could be improved.

From my experience, the 335 is a relatively pointless services which has been pointed out on this forum before. On the other hand, the 342 has decent loadings.

Instead of having the 335 operating, I wonder if it would be worth extending the 359 to Wallsend. This could be renumbered a '343' service, which mostly follows the 342 route bus instead operates via Quorum and Four Lane Ends.

So you'd have the 342 operating as is, then a 343 service from Whitley Bay to Wallsend via the current 359 route to Killingworth, then via Quorum, FLE and Benton ASDA.

The 335 generally just duplicates other services, whereas that could offer beneficial new links.