(23 Jun 2025, 2:53 pm)Ambassador wrote I don't think the network is ready for creativity.
I do see your point but I think making it easier for large swathes of the population to get to a centre of employment or make a day out a little more affordable (both in terms of money and time poor) is a good thing and a positive use of BSIP
On Beamish, I don't think it'll ever take off as a public transport option. During its peak, buses can't get near it and they end up diverting past it anyway. The current provision seems to cope ok, I imagine if commercial demand was there it would have happened by now - the fact they're looking at investigating expanding the car park tells us all we need to know.
Yeah, and I don't disagree either just in Durham, in particular, not sure it's ethically right when some areas have a genuinely dire service.
The 8, 8A, 56 and 35A in the Southern areas seriously need sorting out and it's where I'd love to see the money spent, even if it meant creating new routes to other places (hello Sedgefield from Aycliffe) to compliment them. The places down there are pretty poor communities and more most of them it's the only service they get.
Leadgate and Meadomsley to Newcastle is another one - maybe this could be a Metrocentre service?