(07 Dec 2025, 7:55 pm)DaveFromUpNorth wrote Personally I think Kim needs to look at integrated ticketing like a transfare ticket used to be...
We used to have the amazing. 638 Sunderland to Crawcrook visited everywhere but the kitchen sink but was a vital service
USE these Secured services as a hopper service aka if you board a Nexus secured service you can transfer to a "quicker service at a connecting area FREE of charge" within 60 mins of the ticket purchase or 90 mins but a transfare must be asked to be validated
It means we can create services quicker
Not going to lie, I think having some expresses around there wouldn't be the worst thing omitting the Metrocentre and serving the back end of Ryton.
Something like:
12: Every 30 Minutes - No Changes
12A: Hourly - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.95321...?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
12B: Hourly - https://www.google.com/maps/dir/54.96132...?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
10: Every 30 Minutes (Not 36/24 like now)
10A: Every Hour omitting The Folly (Not 36/24 like now)
10B: Every Hour
R2: Withdrawn
10/10A/10B: Every 15 Minutes, Crawcrook to Newcastle via Metrocentre
12/12A/12B: Every 15 Minutes, Blaydon to Newcastle via Scotswood Road
10/10B/12B: 4 BPH from Prudhoe
10A/12A: 2 BPH from Greenside (they're uneven anyway).
12A/12B: Every 30 Minutes from Woodside Lane to Newcastle Express
Those two routes would be game changers imo, the 12B partially being the old 604 anyway. It also means you've got a nice 4 BPH express from Blaydon if you fancied some hoppers. It's crazy the new massive housing estates around there have no bus service bar the useless R2 regardless.