(1 hour ago)V514DFT wrote Dave's idea isnt far off of what was the 313/314 from the yesteryears, you could also reintroduce the 322/323
Whitley bay- NT General Hospital-Alwinton Avenue/Morwick Road- Queen Alexandra Road, Preston Road (322), Billy Mill Avenue, Chirton Green (323),North Shields Hub, North Shields Ferry, Prince Consort Way, Coble Dene (Royal Quays), Nelson Terrace/Burdon Street, Wallsend Road (SITA), Tynemouth Road, Archer Street, St Peter's Road (Burnside School), High Street East, Wallsend Metro, Wallsend Forum, Station Road, East Benton Rise, Benton ASDA, Whitley Road/Front Street, Four Lane Ends, Quorum, West Moor (322), Great Lime Road (Palmersville Metro), Great Lime Road (ALDI), Great Lime Road/West Lane, Great Lime Road/Southgate (323), Southgate/Lakeside Swimming Pool, West Bailey (322), East Bailey (323), Killingworth Bus Station
That's the old 83A/83C partially by the end isn't it? Think that was it's number anyway.
Definitely do think we need more local services, but going to places where they're going.
Like I'd always love to see the 325/326 return in some form, maybe something like
New 333, 306 extension to Whitley Bay, 351 to Northumberland Park, 19 to North Shields via Royal Quays doing a loop instead maybe?
With all those respective services binned off, and at the same time use Tynemouth Metro, Northumberland Park Metro, Percy Main Metro, North Shields Metro and North Shields Ferry as connection points for going further and apart from the 306 extension, are all awkward subsidised services which aren't exactly bustling half the time.
It's not identical, but does similar links for most.
Map to visualise it better for those who like them: