(19 Nov 2024, 2:13 pm)V514DFT wrote Alot like the 352, i dont get how a service is fine for years, then it just dies, like the 351-355 are all just wrong
351- should be half hourly (i know its now a GCT route)
352- either canned or sorted out
353- half hourly during the day
354- either canned or sorted out
355- stays the same but additionally serves Four Lane Ends, either that or swap the 354 and 355 back over again
But if something isnt done with the 352 and 355 very soon, Stagecoach will see them both off, all they'd have to do is make it every half hour on Sundays, then they'd win, but the 353/354 thing going on at Billy Mill just simply isnt needed imo, and the combined frequency on evenings and Sundays with the 57A, what the hell is all that about, then there's the 54, thats literally pointless
Yeah agreed to be honest, it's the other area which they really need to work together and do similar. All 3 councils have a part of play on them but working together still seems pretty alien.
Personally there I'd say
19: Full route, every 30 minutes M-S Daytimes, hourly evenings
57A: Terminate short at Whitley Bay, Evenings and Sundays
317: Full route, every 30 minutes M-S Daytimes, downgraded to Hourly Evenings + Sundays
351: Full route, every 30 minutes M-S Daytimes, Hourly Evenings + Sundays
352: Withdrawn (37)
353: Full route, every 30 minutes, hourly evenings
354/359: Possible to merge these somehow? Not too sure on these.
W2: Withdrawn, mostly replaced by 351
18: Extend to Wallsend, every 30 minutes M-S Daytimes, hourly evenings
Q3: Terminate all short at St Peter's.
Much better than what we've got now and everything is a massive improvement for the communities that they serve where hourly services again imo are pointless. It's where BSIP should be spent. They were all pretty much commercial until recently it's not as if it's doing stuff out of nowhere imo.