(10 Feb 2025, 6:49 pm)Storx wrote I'm not too sure either mind. Our local bodies haven't exactly had the best track record either like mentioning Centrelink there.
The scheme is utterly stupid since the vast majority of people want to be in Newcastle and it effectively bypasses the place and heading towards Gateshead it goes away from the bus station so is actually longer to use.
It's not the only thing either, the Silverlink Bus Lane is another, now totally unused pretty much, not to mention the P&R at The Great Park so you can sit on a bus to Newcastle, or you could use your brain and drive 1/2 mile down the road to The Regent Centre and use a much quicker and frequent Metro service instead.
It's not just old stuff either, since there's recent things like:
- North Shields Interchange - Buses avoiding the thing because it's too far out the way to resource extra buses and would significantly increase the time for punters further down the route with no benefit for those customers either (306 in particular)
What u exactly getting at with the hub. Every bus serves it bar the 306 and so what if it doesn't. The negative round the hub was extremely pathetic to anyone who doesn't live in or around it. It's been a hell of a lot better than sitting on a cold rainy damp day waiting for a bus on Bedford Street to actually being in a shelter place. North Shields has good links with the buses in the hub. Sending the 306 in there would make no sense since the 307 follows the 306 for the most part. It about a 5 minute walk from the top of Alblion road to the hub anyway.