(29 Nov 2025, 10:39 am)Storx wrote Aye could do, going off topic a bit; if you wanted to go radical I'd say do a North Tyneside loop and cut the 301 short at North Shields so something like:


which is basically just the 301/307/309 merged together as one loop basically, and give or take, the old 315/316 back with some small variants (not serving Monkseaton). 

It means you could potentially up the frequency of the 301, which in parts could do with more buses with the ability to potentially split it into 2 different 30 minute services; ie. could you do one leg doing the 317 route from Howdon to North Shields giving the Royal Quays a direct Newcastle bus? 12 minutes with SNE and 15 minutes with GNE is very close now since SNE are cutting the 22. It's very different to  every 10 minutes vs 20 minutes and try and take some passengers back in the Howdon/Wallsend area maybe?

To shut up the Blyth end, just extend the 356 to Blyth with an extra minibus so you'd save 2 deckers overall.