(31 Dec 2024, 2:32 pm)Shrek wrote I disagree with this personally. The 49 and x47 have been a disaster in Greeat Park. The option of a bus from the North of the city which goes to the Ouseburn and Quayside areas is a welcome by many for leisure purposes and does get used. Having a Q3/X46 Hybrid which can merge Brunton Park/Great Park could make sense, dropping the Jesmond bit definitely makes sense, but we North Gosforth to Quayside/Ouseburn is a viable route.

I get what your saying but imo I'd personally rather see the Q1 and Q2 restored to how they were years ago and subsidised by NECA. 

I'd ever go further and say they should be free buses so people can get where they actually want to be in town coming in from the 3 major interchange points (Central / Gateshead / Central Station). Right now it's not the easiest to get around town and Haymarket, in particular, isn't really central either. 

It'd be a massive booster. I'd say do the same with the Cathedral buses in Durham and 700's in Sunderland city centre aswell.