(23 Jul 2025, 7:17 pm)NEtransport wrote Sorry, I wasn’t being clear. I wasn’t referring to the full route. I meant the areas where they replaced the old Arriva routes. 

The 37 and 38 are very poorly loaded after Freeman Hosptial. Can’t seem them lasting. But very popular for the remainder of the route, obviously

(23 Jul 2025, 10:19 pm)V514DFT wrote Well the 37 has pretty much saw off the 352, so Stagecoach must be doing something right, they obviously see it as viable almost 2 years after Arriva withdrew their services

(23 Jul 2025, 11:12 pm)Shrek wrote 38 generally seems to do fine when I use it get to Forest Hall.

I think the 38 is the underdog to the 355 in Forest Hall but the 352/353/354 are all the combined underdogs of the 37 from South Gosforth - Cramlington.

The 37 does require deckers even north of FLE at peak times and is VERY well used.

Additionally, the link to Freeman hospital from FLE has never been more accessible so we should be hoping that it stays imo... 

In reality I hope the 37/38 get split evenly at 20/20 instead of the 38 (short)/38/37 combined every 10. If marketing is done correctly then passenger numbers can be grown and deckers be warranted at that increased frequency (north of Freeman Hospital).

But this is not a service suggestions thread, there are plenty of those so I won't comment any further on this...