(18 Aug 2024, 9:41 am)Chris3912 wrote None of the Q3 bus timetable changes make any sense. Noone who lives on GP is going to wait an hour for a bus from Gosforth High Street they'll just jump on an Arriva X service to Brunton lane and walk to GP or drive instead?
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The insistence from GNE on sending the Q3 through Jesmond already makes it very unattractive for me personally. I gave it another shot yesterday, and it took 45 minutes from Great Park to Newcastle which is absolute madness. It takes me 25 mins to walk the 1.5 miles from my front door to the Brunton Lane bus stop, and about 15 mins from there to Newcastle on any Arriva service - how on earth is it acceptable that the Q3 is longer than this?
On the way back, I don't even bother checking when a Q3 is coming into Haymarket, it is always quicker to jump on the first Arriva service up the GNR and walk back.
Regarding Gosforth High Street, all that would really be needed is the 49 to continue until around 11pm. They could easily do it with 1 bus - I guess the issue is that for some bizarre reason they've decided to fund the evening Q3 instead (the remaining route of which, if we're honest, can be covered by walking and an Arriva bus).