(08 Feb 2025, 10:53 pm)BusEnthusiast.com wrote To be completely honest this would actually be a perfect idea as we only have Q3 serving between north and east of Newcastle(at the moment) and this could solve many problems with the Q3 and then terminates at newbiggin Hall which is great.However only issue is is with how long the route would be and the frequency of it but overall this a very good suggestion

Yeah must admit I did think about the length but the 6/7 do a similarish route bar slightly further South and they cope alright so I guess it's doable. I do think it would do alright the section from the Great Park to Byker, at least, to be honest. The 553 is busy enough as it and I'd imagine people in the Great Park would be happy with that link.

Could even go further and convert the Great Park white elephant car park into a NHS Car Park and let staff use it to get to the Freeman. I know there's serious issues with lack of parking for staff so could be a fix for it, even known it's a 20 minute or so bus ride.