(24 Feb 2025, 8:51 pm)Aaron21 wrote I'm still so confused on what the 342 going to Benton Rise is gonna solve. Like is there a need for it to happen or is it to keep the 342 having a PVR of 3. 

Also the 54 by gne seems to have done good but bad at the same time

The last 354 journey to North Shields on a Monday to Saturday has now been replaced by an added 54 journey 

Also the 354 has lost 2 journeys now

The 19.05 & 20.00 has been withdrawn and a new 18.45 from North Shields has been added instead of 18.05

The 54 now replaces the the last 354 to North Shields

The 54 also has a 19.41 journey from Whitley Bay to Newcastle

I don't like to make wild assumptions from nowhere about removing routes but the cynic in me has a feeling that this 356 has been partially created so in the future they can bin off the 354. I don't know whether things have changed recently but the 354 at the Western end carts around fresh air, even worse than the 352, most the time.

The Eastern side is fully covered by the 19/353/356 now bar the Billy Mill area to Backworth but I'm not sure there's exactly millions of people wanting that.

That short 342 if extended to Killingworth, would conveniently time with a short 353 to North Shields aswell. Truth being told, it would be a better service for most people aswell tbh since the 354 is operationally so out of area.