(17 May 2025, 7:16 pm)RMF1254 wrote Have you noticed the loads carried on the 350/351, especially on the West Allotment - Holystone - Benton Rise - Newcastle part of the routes? I travel regularly on both routes and at certain times it’s difficult to get a seat into the city centre.
I believe the 335 is used by people from Hadrian Park, Battle Hill, High Farm areas to ASDA.
Aye no arguments about the West Allotment - Newcastle side of the route, it's why it should be curtailed short. It's the West Allotment to Whitley Bay part that's the problem side, seen it a few times now near Wellfield and the most I've seen on it is 1 person and not surprised either considering it follows a more frequent 57 and doesn't really exactly do anything else.
Personally they'd be better to do the old 51/51A route which Arriva done instead with the 351 running to Whitley omitting the annoying Holystone Park backtracking and the 350 running to Holystone Park only
https://api.arrivabus.co.uk/routes/servi...p-2022.pdf - That timetable. Would save a bus aswell and should include the full evening timetable aswell since the whole 351 corridor in Whitley Bay is outright unserved in an evening now.