(19 Nov 2024, 2:27 pm)Storx wrote 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352: Withdrawn (37)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: Killingworth to North Shields, 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W2: Withdrawn, mostly replaced by 351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.
I'd keep the 353 but maybe run via NESCH & High Pit.
If anything.....I think it's overkill having deckers every 30 mins to Morpeth on the 43 and I don't know if Arriva will get the full PVR of EV's taking into account the extension.
Operator aside and a bit of a shame that Arriva didn't think of this, but an extension of the 353 to Morpeth (instead of the 43) would actually work.