(28 Jun 2025, 11:23 pm)Andreos1 wrote But still absolutely nothing from Whickham or Sunniside along the Scots wood Road and the various employers along there.
Sick of sounding like a broken record, but operators need to think differently and not just adapt or tweak the existing network that existed since the year dot.
Sending a bus left or right at a junction and replacing it (or even not) shouldn't be the important factor here.
It's surely about looking at what isn't connected and opening up those new opportunities.
Aye no arguments there, the 643 would be a good route for that since it serves both those places, arguably more useful than the 301... sorry 644 route which is coming which literally duplicates the 301/6 - what the hell the purpose of it is a complete mystery to me. Obviously it would have to run a bit earlier and later though.
Was more just about tidying up the 301/96 duplication and X30/X31/X70/X71 mess as I'm sure places like Meadomsley etc would like a bus to Gateshead rather than Whickham and Stanley would like a bus there in the evening and on a Sunday (Whickham is covered by the 6).