(Today, 1:39 am)logidoodah wrote Ah I see why you think that, I forgot to put which routes they would replace and that if something wasn't mentioned it will be covered in my other areas that's in doing.
In terms of Ouston & Whickham, I have a fix for that which will be addressed when I can be bothered to type up my next area changes. But anything I have put in will replace any current routes unless stated like with the V5.
This answers your question about the 8 duplicating the 2 and the 7 duplicating the 32.
And I feel like my routes are still faster than the 6 (which goes around the world) and a lot easier to understand than the current X30/X31/X32/X70/X71/X72/X73
Regarding the 46/47 they will take the roughly the same amount of time as now. The 46 is slightly longer than what the X45 is now but only takes 5-10 mins extra to go via Burnopfield.
Appreciate your opinion though
Yeah that's fair, not going to lie. I always think they should revert back to the old 43/44/X30/X31/X70/X71 like it was for awhile around the Stanley area, it was much better than what it is now with too many X's going in different ways confusing the hell out of anyone.
It's not miles away from what it was now anyway if you swapped some minor things around ie.
X73 = 43
6 = 44
Drop the X30/X31 to every hour each and send them via Gateshead
Send the X70/X71 via Gateshead
Swap the 6 and X73 from the Pack Horse to Tantobie Crossroads, ie the fast route via Burnopfield; slower route via Catchgate (to even them out a bit)
I don't disagree with the Meadomsley bus though, but I'd be tempted to send that to Shotley Bridge running direct then in turn send the 47, also via Meadomsley taking over the V5 (fixes that issue). Gives Shotley Bridge a proper express and then all the nooks and crannies into the 47 where you might pick up 1 or 2 people.