(10 hours ago)Arriva7446 wrote Yeah you are probably right, ministry for the 352.

The all day 352 would have worked better if the route between Cramlington - Killingworth was different, creating new hospital connections from other parts of Cramlington to the Freemann and, as suggested above, a high pit link from Killingworth would have been good, to the NSECH hospital also. 

Now there is no all day 352, but they could try it with the 353 maybe. It's a shame they just copied the Arriva 52 (except slight change around Ferne Drive) as that was never really going to work with the 37 double the frequency, and 37 on evenings and Sundays so people get used to using it.

I get what your saying but truthfully I'd probably have just ran the 352 and 353 only every 30 minutes each. They were the strongest routes, and they'd probably have done better aswell.

(8 hours ago)PH - BQA wrote It’s wild, because if they retimed it just 5 mins earlier you’d hit Quorum, FLE, HMRC, and the Freeman all comfortably before 8am which I imagine would boost numbers even more - but you’re cutting off anyone for the Freeman as it’s timed to get there 07:59 and I imagine it’s probably tight for some workers at HMRC too.

You're right tbf, mind I was going to say I don't know why it exists when the 37 exists but there's a 50 minute gap for some bizarre reason at rush hour. It's almost like the bus that get's people to the hospital before 8am should probably exist...