(2 hours ago)Storx wrote Not going to lie, I'd be tempted to go further and mix up the 19, 58, 335, 342 and 353 (partnership) and do something like:i'm going to add a crazy one in here, what if the 309 became a 15 minute loop and was merged with 355.
318: Wallsend - East Hartford via Forest Hall, Killingworth, Dudley
319: Wallsend - Cramlington via Benton ASDA, Killingworth, Seghill, Seaton Delaval and Northumbria Hospital
358: North Shields - Cramlington via Cobalt, Shiremoor, Seaton Delaval, New Hartley and Northumbria Hospital
359: North Shields - Kingston Park via Cobalt, Killingworth, Seaton Burn, Hazelrigg
335: Killingworth - Hadrian Park via Quorum, Longbenton, Forest Hall, Benton ASDA
353: Curtailed Short Killingworth - North Shields
It creates some faster links for communities for where people want to people and removes all the ridiculous doubling back at Benton ASDA which is annoying for everyone.
Other than Seghill to Northumberland Park / Cobalt (but they gain Killingworth) there's not really any lost links but it does open up a lot of important links like:
- Forest Hall to Quorum
- Wallsend to Cramlington
- Lots of places to Northumbria Hospital
- East Hartford to anywhere
- Cobalt to the Seaton Burn area
- New Hartley to Cramlington
- Seaton Delaval / Seghill to Killingworth and Wallsend
I'd imagine it'd be quite popular for most areas, can't really see major negatives personally. Other than the 353, they're all subsidised anyway so easily doable.
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