(12 Apr 2025, 7:01 pm)Storx wrote See I'd probably do it with the 62/63 instead personally and do it all day aswell.
Do something like
61: Every 10 Minutes, Chapel House to Four Lane Ends via Fenham, stopping at all stops.
62: Every 20 Minutes, West Walbottle to Killingworth only, current route but limited stop between the A1 and Four Lane Ends to speed the longer journeys up
63: Every 20 Minutes, Current route, similar limited stops as above. Go direct via Motorway rather than via Fenham
X63: Peak Time Only
71: Extended back to Throckley
72: Back to doing the loop rather than Chapel House
Limited stops being something like:
St James' Retail Park - Stamfordham Way - Cowgate - BBC TV Centre - St James - All Stops - Northumbria Business School - Shields Road (All Stops) - Simonside Terrace - High Heaton (Sainsbury's) - Manor Place
Even better if you could find a way for the 61 to completely replace the 71/72/87, as they're struggling a bit, but the Outer West is way out my area so I'd be blagging as an understatement, there's no doubt a way to do it though.
The 62 replaced the 71 to Throckley to give the outer west a link to West Denton shops. This was campaigned for by local residents and going back is not something that would be accepted, particularly now Aldi is moving to the old Go Outdoors unit on West Denton Way.