(12 Apr 2026, 8:15 pm)220631612 wrote If it wasn’t for the 335 interworking with the 19, I’d have suggested cutting it from Killy to BT, scrapping the Hadrians Park section and running it through to Silverlink, Howden, Willington Quay, Hadrian Road, High Street East into Wallsend instead. Provides new links and gives Point Pleasant a basic bus service again.

Reposted as changed my mind, but imo I'd be looking at getting rid of them completely, with the W1/350/351/356/58 aswell (as they are now).

They're all just legacy routes which were built 20 year+ ago taking no consideration of changes like a Metro station at Northumberland Park.

Something like:


Would be a hell of a lot better for the links which these routes are actually meant be doing and utilise Northumberland Park as the hub which it should be expecially now considering it has 2 TPH and 5 MPH - there's no point duplicating it.

For full reference:
19: East Hartford to Wallsend - Parts of 19/58/342 Combined (PVR 3 - Hourly)
22: Extended to Northumberland Park (PVR 1 - Every 12 Minutes)
W1: Extended to Northumberland Park (PVR 1.5 - Hourly)
W2: Extended to Northumberland Park (PVR 3 - Every 30 Minutes)
W3: Whitley Bay Metro to Northumberland Park via Cullercoats, Marsden, NT Hospital and Murton (PVR 1.5 - Hourly)
335: North Shields to Killingworth (PVR 2 - Hourly)
351: Newcastle to Backworth Only (PVR 3 - Every 30 Minutes)
342: Send to Northumberland Park instead of Wallsend (PVR 3 - Hourly)

Current PVR
19/335: 5
342: 3
350/351: 4
W1/W2: 2
356 Extension: 2
58: 1

One extra bus, but it makes it much more useful for a lot of people. The W services being advertised as local Metro links from Northumberland Park and Whitley Bay with smaller vehicles so you can get further afield and the 22 advertised as the Cobalt / Silverlink Metro link, which is actually frequent, connecting at Wallsend or Northumberland Park depending on the line.