(16 Apr 2025, 7:37 pm)Storx wrote Aye that's fair, wasn't aware of that.
imo North Tyneside badly needs more local services with forced integration with Metro. I know some will whine on about that like it's some obscure idea but stuff like the 351 shouldn't exist in it's entirity. (Should be Northumberland Park to Newcastle only)
They'd be much better extending the likes of the W1/W2 to Northumberland Park at least every 30 minutes and forcing an interchange. It's not like there's not a good service, in the near future, there's going to be 6 TPH on the Metro and 2 TPH direct to Central via National Rail and the current 350/351 at the Whitley side are very quiet as an understatement (1/2 passengers territory bar peaks).
It'll need a refurbishment but Northumberland Park should be what Four Lane Ends used to be before privitation. It's in a good spot to do it aswell as the services mostly already exist or are very nearby with short extensions ie. the 22 and there's not much doubling back, unlike North Shields.
I always thought imo that a "tree" method might work, i.e keep the trunk routes so the likes of the 10, 21 and stuff then have your branches, i.e local routes