(30 Jan 2025, 9:06 pm)V514DFT wrote Wonder if the 353 will go standalone if the 352 gets axed, likewise will the 317/340/341/342 all interwork, but nice to see the return of old route numbers the 40(41/41A) (was the 340)  41 (was the 341), the 356 is an interesting one, is it going to go along Great Lime Road from Meadway/Feetham Avenue to get to Killingworth (was the evening 350/351 back in the day), but Forest Hall will be pleased to have its link to the Hospital and Whitley Bay, a link that was severed in 2016 when the 17 was withdrawn, 4 buses to Killingworth though, bit overkill especially with the 63 being every 15 minutes, be interesting to see how it copes with the 342/353/356 following it to Killingworth

The other thing I’m confused about is what will happen on the 356 return journey from Whitley Bay as it will serve the stop at Clousden Drive twice as it wont reverse the loop it will still follow the one way loop. The exact route doesn’t seem too clear could do a figure eight to avoid confusion