(14 Jan 2026, 3:06 pm)Storx wrote Aye not surprised, guessing it's the other way though, people avoiding the £5 express rather than the longer stays though?

Yeah, like don't get me wrong the P&R is a good idea imo, get people away from the terminal and help traffic etc and also give a place for taxis to park while waiting for their fare instead of parking everywhere like now - which is a massive problem.

Just not sure a 30 minute bus service is enough; like personally if I've just been on a trek through security etc the last thing I want is to have to wait potentially 30 minutes because I just missed the bus. It's a long time really. Obviously if it's more frequent then someone has pay for the bus, so get why it's that infrequent aswell.

It's an 8 minute journey in each direction from Airport to Callerton Parkway and the driver gets 8-10 minutes layover at each end on each run, you could easily push a frequency of Every 20 Minutes and still use 1 Bus + 1 Driver. 

The route they're taking is via Callerton Lane and A696 between the two sites, I think they should've potentially of went along Ponteland Road and served Newcastle Aviation Academy, NPAS Newcastle, Europcar Compound, Wheatsheaf Farm (Premier Inn) and Callerton Parkway in clockwise loop and still maintain the current frequency to bring more punters into using the service.