(29 Jan 2025, 5:18 pm)L469 YVK wrote The 356 will be very confusing especially for the old biddies who were regulars on the 'old' 356!
For the changes, I reckon they should've gone.......
Stagecoach:
- X63 - Peak times only
- 54 (daytime) - Newcastle - Killingworth loop Mon-Sat, evening & Sunday route as now to W.Bay
GNE:
- 353 - Every 30 mins and extended to Morpeth. Poss run via High Pit and NESCH rather than Dudley Lane to create new hospital link
- 354 - Proposed 356 route
- 355 - As is
Arriva:
- 43 - Newcastle to Cramlington only
Also, how many deckers do Arriva have on order for the 43/44/45? Would they have enough to cover the Morpeth PVR?
Right few things again
Why does the 43 not need to go to Morpeth
Why does the 353 have too
Why should the X63 be a peak service
Who in the right mind riding the 356 is gonna remember the old 356
U have to remember the 43 to Morpeth is doing extremely well since it's every 30 mins & runs there evenings & Sundays
Idk how rerouting the 353 via High Pit and Hospital instead of Dudley would make absolutely any sense to you "making me think u don't live anywhere near the 353". The 353 (ex arriva 53) has always been the strongest route as it's not duplicates anything and is a direct link from Cramlington to North Shields via Killingworth/Forest Hall & Shiremoor/New York. Sending the 353 to Morpeth would be suicide as it just wouldn't work. Neither would routing it via the Hospital or High Pit for that matter. Cramlington has 2 buses that run to the hospital on a weekday & one on a Sunday. If they wanted to a new link would have been created with the 57A/19/X8 but they haven't. There ain't a demand for the hospital at Cramlington. I barely see anyone get off it. And I've used the 58 a lot recently & 57.