(24 Apr 2025, 9:37 pm)Storx wrote Personally imo, they need to go back to the drawing board and sort the timetable out as it's an absolute mess.
The times out of South Shields are running as
3: 09/24/39/54
18: 10/25/40/55
Some fantastic timetabling there, for a route where 2/3 of both of them shadow each other in terms of where people are going.
The 17/18 right now, run every 7.5 minutes, give or take with the 3 just lingering inbetween so it's effectively a 66% capacity reduction for Stanhope Road as anyone sane is going to get the faster 3.
Obviously they wouldn't do anything stupid like having the timetable as
3: 09/34/39/54
4: 11/36/41/56
Heading out of South Shields aswell, oh wait...
Yeah the timings look a bit daft, though the 3 & 18 look like they are timed to give an evenish headway from Stanhope Road into town. I guess journey times must mean they cant be even at both ends.
Departure time on 3 & 4 is a bit mad but then again unless you are going to Biddick Hall they are basically totally unrelated routes now. And if you were heading to Biddick Hall from Shields, you'd be just as well waiting for the 3 anyway as its 6 mins quicker, so if it was an even headway with the 4 you'd still end up at Biddick at the same time.